2007 must have been my record year of travel. I always tell people that I really don’t live in Mountain View, California as I am never really here on weekends. Frankly, I am probably out of town more often than in town—mostly for personal trips. My best friend (who happens to live in San Francisco) is already used to the fact that we never see each other, and I find myself conference-calling into my “local” school team meeting at Carnegie Mellon West more often than I would like to. Ah well, here’s a compilation of places I’ve been to just this year alone:
- New York City, New York (six times, mainly only 3-day trips—gosh, I love that city!)
- Las Vegas, Nevada (twice!)
- Gelsenkirchen, Germany (twice—one time even just for a weekend)
- Berlin, Germany (for a few days)
- Seattle/Redmond, Washington (for a few days on business)
- Vancouver, Canada (for a day prior my business trip to Seattle)
- Rome, Italy (for almost a week)
- Venice, Italy (for a few days)
- Dublin, Ireland (for a single day as a stop-over to Europe)
I’ve already lost count of the many trips to Orange County (of which there are probably more than a dozen), and to top off the year, I’ll be flying to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this weekend—yay! As for 2008, we are already talking about a trip to Asia (we’re looking into Tokyo at this point) and for 2009, I am already eyeing Dubai. Ah.. sigh, so much travel, but I am loving it!