Business Travel: Barcelona

Yes, I travel a lot. Lots of locations, international cities, etc. Many people ask if they can come along, it sounds so exciting and exotic.

I just came back from working our annual conference in Barcelona. This was a 4 day conference in which I had to set up and man 4 demos in the exhibition hall, speak at the seminar twice for 2 hours each, and participate in what we call a BOF (Birds of a feather) session. Basically an open discussion forum on a specific topic.

Barcelona is a lovely city and has a lot of great things to see, at least as far as I can see from the back of a taxi. This is the second conference I've worked there, each trip being a week long. Last year I had 2 hours on the last afternoon to go see the old city. This year none.

So, here's my pictures of Barcelona. All of them are taken from my hotel, either from my window or from the windows in the elevator lobby on my floor. The final picture was taken the evening after we tore down the demos. My colleague Lars and I went to the grocery stire to get our wives some chocolates. He was carrying a router from the demos, and the security guard made him check it as she had no idea what it was.