It feels great to be back in the US!
I arrived in DC last week (last Friday), after two days of flights and a 10 hour bus ride. I was exhausted from the jet lag but once I landed and got in the car at Dulles I went straight to a restaurant in Georgetown and ordered a nice big juicy burger! Forget about the fat or calories, the burger is something that I have been craving for about the last 6 months! It was excellent too, nice and juicy! I don't want to complain about the food in Tanzania because I have an excellent housekeeper who is a great cook, but there is nothing better than indulging in a great beef burger!
After I digested my food, I settled in for the night as it was about 4 in the morning to me. Fortunately I think I adjusted to the time difference pretty quickly but I was battling a little bit of a cold the first few days back! The weather is so colddd! But it actually feels great compared to the swelting heat blaze of Tanzania! I know most people are probably hating me for writing about nice cold weather about now!
Well I want to fast forward a bit. Its been a week since I've been back in the States and I'm very happy to say that I feel like I've brought myself up to speed on all of the latest news with the global economic crisis. I've been glued to the tube watching CNN and MSNBC!
There were a couple of great panel discussions broadcast on CSPAN today, the first panel was a group of UPenn business/economic/finance professors discussing the state of the economy. And in the the last hour there was broadcast of the 'World Economic Forum' from Switzerland.....very interesting to hear some of these politicians and businessmen speak about these issues. From my perspective it is great to get caught up on all of the latest news but I would imagine for most Americans, reading the daily headlines of housing foreclosures and people loosing jobs must get depressing!
Anyway, that is about it. I'm thinking if possible I want to make a mini trip to NY in the next couple of weeks to visit friends. We will see.....
Happy Belated Valentines Day. There is no romance in the air for me this year, hopefully next year:)
Bye Bye
I arrived in DC last week (last Friday), after two days of flights and a 10 hour bus ride. I was exhausted from the jet lag but once I landed and got in the car at Dulles I went straight to a restaurant in Georgetown and ordered a nice big juicy burger! Forget about the fat or calories, the burger is something that I have been craving for about the last 6 months! It was excellent too, nice and juicy! I don't want to complain about the food in Tanzania because I have an excellent housekeeper who is a great cook, but there is nothing better than indulging in a great beef burger!
After I digested my food, I settled in for the night as it was about 4 in the morning to me. Fortunately I think I adjusted to the time difference pretty quickly but I was battling a little bit of a cold the first few days back! The weather is so colddd! But it actually feels great compared to the swelting heat blaze of Tanzania! I know most people are probably hating me for writing about nice cold weather about now!
Well I want to fast forward a bit. Its been a week since I've been back in the States and I'm very happy to say that I feel like I've brought myself up to speed on all of the latest news with the global economic crisis. I've been glued to the tube watching CNN and MSNBC!
There were a couple of great panel discussions broadcast on CSPAN today, the first panel was a group of UPenn business/economic/finance professors discussing the state of the economy. And in the the last hour there was broadcast of the 'World Economic Forum' from Switzerland.....very interesting to hear some of these politicians and businessmen speak about these issues. From my perspective it is great to get caught up on all of the latest news but I would imagine for most Americans, reading the daily headlines of housing foreclosures and people loosing jobs must get depressing!
Anyway, that is about it. I'm thinking if possible I want to make a mini trip to NY in the next couple of weeks to visit friends. We will see.....
Happy Belated Valentines Day. There is no romance in the air for me this year, hopefully next year:)
Bye Bye
