Stuttgart, Germany
9:52 PM
Hi
For those of you that don't know, I've been sent to Stuttgart, in Germany for work for a period that is undetermined at this point but is likely to be around 6 months. I'm working on an investigation for a very large manufacturer and am part of a team of around 58 people give or take that are currently engaged on the project. People have come from all over the globe including the UK, USA, Germany (obviously), Dusseldorf, Austria, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, South Africa and of course, me, Australia.
I have joined a team focussing on the South East Asia operations of the investigation and at the moment, I'm concentrating on Thailand and Indonesia. Site visits are looking to be planned to each of these locations so I may be able to pop into Perth on my way back to Germany once these have been done.
Stuttgart itself, for those that don't know, is about a 40min flight southeast of Frankfurt and around this time of year it averages -1 degrees. The day I arrived it was -4 but have recently been having a heat wave with temperatures as hot as 7 whole degrees! Needless to say I was initially freezing but I've adjusted to that. We are also 7 hours behind you guys and girls in the West and even more for anyone east of Perth reading this.
I've been put up at a very nice hotel where basically everything is included, including daily minibar which is pretty sweet. However, the icing on the cake is weekends. No kidding I hear you say, most working people look forward to the weekend. Weekends for me, essentially entitle "free" travel around Europe. In the two weeks I've been here, I've already visited Belgium and Prague (see entries above). I think Austria may be next on the menu as I want to do some skiing before it gets too warm (HA!).
I'm being my usual super tourist self and have been taking heaps of photos. I have a website that i've been dumping them onto at:http://photobucket.com/albums/e348/dave
If you feel like e-mailling, my work address still works - dwylde@deloitte.com.au Would love to hear from you all.
Take it easy,
Dave
For those of you that don't know, I've been sent to Stuttgart, in Germany for work for a period that is undetermined at this point but is likely to be around 6 months. I'm working on an investigation for a very large manufacturer and am part of a team of around 58 people give or take that are currently engaged on the project. People have come from all over the globe including the UK, USA, Germany (obviously), Dusseldorf, Austria, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, South Africa and of course, me, Australia.
I have joined a team focussing on the South East Asia operations of the investigation and at the moment, I'm concentrating on Thailand and Indonesia. Site visits are looking to be planned to each of these locations so I may be able to pop into Perth on my way back to Germany once these have been done.
Stuttgart itself, for those that don't know, is about a 40min flight southeast of Frankfurt and around this time of year it averages -1 degrees. The day I arrived it was -4 but have recently been having a heat wave with temperatures as hot as 7 whole degrees! Needless to say I was initially freezing but I've adjusted to that. We are also 7 hours behind you guys and girls in the West and even more for anyone east of Perth reading this.
I've been put up at a very nice hotel where basically everything is included, including daily minibar which is pretty sweet. However, the icing on the cake is weekends. No kidding I hear you say, most working people look forward to the weekend. Weekends for me, essentially entitle "free" travel around Europe. In the two weeks I've been here, I've already visited Belgium and Prague (see entries above). I think Austria may be next on the menu as I want to do some skiing before it gets too warm (HA!).
I'm being my usual super tourist self and have been taking heaps of photos. I have a website that i've been dumping them onto at:http://photobucket.com/albums/e348/dave
If you feel like e-mailling, my work address still works - dwylde@deloitte.com.au Would love to hear from you all.
Take it easy,
Dave
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