I'll begin by agreeing with Jerry Seinfeld in the assertion that "blog" might be the ugliest sounding new word in our culture. It would be much more aptly used as a verb meaning "to spit phlegm long distances" than as a noun describing this odd form of information dissemination. Gross-sounding or not it is nonetheless the best way I could thing of to keep everyone up to date with my activity in Europe. Plus this way I only have to tell stories once rather than dozens of times when I get back.
A quick overview of my trip:
I'll be travelling with 15 other students, all of whom earned both their engineering bachelor's degree and MBA at UK, just like me. We leave on Thursday June 12th and arrive the next day in Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen will be our home for the next three weeks as we takes international business classes every morning. Our afternoons and weekends are free for exploring Copenhagen and travelling. After our time in Denmark we travel to London, UK for a quick couple of days. Hopefully I get to ride one of those double-deck buses. From there we move to Brussels, Belgium for a short two-day stay which will include a tour of the European Union HQ. After our official duties in Belgium we have the next four days completely free to travel as we like. During this time I hope to make it down to Paris. We are required to report to Vienna, Austria the following Monday to begin another three-week study session, again with weekends free for travel.
I'd tell you more about our weekend travel plans but we haven't quite hashed them all out yet. Some of the places we are considering are Sweden, Germany, France, Switzerland, and Hungary.
That's pretty much it. I'm very excited and will be spending the next few days frantically packing. Once in Europe I will do my best to update this as often as I can, hopefully with cool pictures and good stories. For those of you who have never used a blog before (ie you old farts) you will notice that there is the option to post comments at the bottom of any of my posts after you click the green post title. I encourage you to use this feature to fire back to me. This will make it way easier for me to quickly keep up with everyone.
Oh yeah, I gave this blog its name because they are two of my favorite foods that I could easily remember.
Everybody take care and I expect to find this country just the way I left it when I get back at the end of July! (well, feel free to change the gas prices if you like)
Michael
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I hope you have a good time in Europe :)
I think it was Baberaham Lincoln who wrote something like, "It is better to stay off-line and be thought a fool, than to blog and remove any doubt that you are frittering away your valuable time.." or something like that.
Anyway, the statue of limitations should have run out over the last 22 years, so the Moll name should be clear in europe. On second thought, you'd probably best choose a pseudonym for southern France.
Enjoy!
I am having a bit of an issue with the old fart thingie?? lol... but will let it slide. Next time we go out for lunch its bread and water for you! Great idea on using the blag or blug or whatever you young whipper snappers call it. Will be fun to see what you write!
Talk to you soon Mike
Mike and Cindy
Hi Mike! I don't even live in Louisville, and you're not even gone yet, but I miss you already. Congratulations on landing your first job! Mike senior told me about it. I remember starting out in my career. Instead of Europe, they sent us to Dallas for a few months. I still remember those days. At the end of June, I will have 28 years with IBM. Believe it or not, it goes fast. Post to you later.
If you get that close and don't return with glorious stories of the discotheque at 4am, then Matt will, um, do something very very bad. "What is it?" you ask. Well, put it this way. It will involve a pair of pliers and a two, (count 'em) two blow torches.
OH OH OH!!! You better blog about how awesome your winged, England-bound chariot was. The manufacturer, type, airline, age, cruising speed, turbulence, pilots name, flight time, approximate hotness of the FEMALE flight attendants (on a 1-10 scale), cabin decibels, cabin temperature and pressure, passenger total, seat width and pitch, and engine type must be included in the blog for every winged chariot you fly on. You must also include your experience with the airport security, and the price of a tall Starbucks coffee to compare the price around the world with that in Lexington. Failure to include any of these things WILL result in repercussions listed in paragraph #1.
Sounds like the trip of a life time with lots of time off to explore and play while getting professional credit !! Enjoy..
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