Too much travel and not enough time

The Harvard Club

At last back home again after what turned out to be a very hectic trip with lots of travel late working nights with two night flights.  All makes for not a lot of sleep but hey ho keeps the bailiff at bay.  

Its always good to go to New York and a new experience this time  staying at the 'Yotel' with touch screens instead of a reception to check in at and 'cabins' instead of rooms.  Arriving when my body clock thought it was 0500 was not a good experience to see what I thought was a bed for a dwarf, only to eventually find a button which made it unfold. The rooms, sorry cabins were small yet cleverly designed with the use of lighting, mirrors and colour made the space feel larger than it actually was.  A galley kitchen where there was complimentary coffee, water etc was unusual rather than having such features in the room.  Complimentary coffee and muffins for breakfast was surprisingly OK for being on the go as I was.

 Despite all of the work there was time for two nice evenings out which I would have enjoyed if I had not been so tired.  Dinner at the famous Harvard Club of New York which is a private club in Midtown Manhattan which was incorporated in 1887. The walk there through Times Square was  good. Anyone who has attended Harvard University may apply to become a member. Hence I was there as a guest of Bob Stinson, architect working on our school project.  Service and food were excellent in a fairly unique setting.  A second night was spent at the Anglo American Chamber of Commerce Spring function at the Boathouse restaurant in Central Park.  A guest of John Taylor, Head of the World Class Learning Academy meant a pleasant evening mingling and chatting with a range of New York  business men and women.  I now know a very attractive female divorce lawyer who says her work is lucrative and a 'lobbyist'.

At last back here in Larnaca but for a short time.  4 days in Doha next week.  However it was good to see our departing visitors had continued the tradition of the stones and very good jobs have been done too!  Evelyn, Kevin and Katie departed from the Cyprus after I left so I was seeing them for the first time.  They are rather good.

So first day back leads to pottering in the garden and 20 lengths of the pool.  Lillian busy washing and cleaning for our next visitors.  Now who might they be?