Moscow - a perfect summer day

I decided to head north today. I discovered several parks and the large botanical gardens with a bit of everything, trails, churches, statues, lakes and a pink palace. Even got invited to enjoy a company picnic for awhile - not ours.

Zurich - a few steps from the heart of the City

Zurich Switzerland - boating, biking, mountains and lots of fresh air

It doesn't take long to appreciate why Zurich gets selected as one of the most livable cities - but not the cheapest! We were staying in a wonderful spot nestled near the top of the foothill mountains of the Alps. The walk behind the hotel took you into a maze of trails in the forrest. They are great outdoors people and bike up and down the terrain as if it is flat land.
I also had to kids zoom on down past the hotel on rollerblades and a skateboard - not sure how they were doing it or if they just kept going until the fell into the water!
So many spots to wander and enjoy - and eat, drink and chat with the Swiss and other visitors.
We had an evening Salsa cruise on the lake that everything is built around. Couldn't have been a nicer evening. And it cools down nicely when it is time to sleep.

New York City - styling bicycles......with extra power!

Picture Carly, Cindy and Linda pedaling the Twin Cities on one of these.............it would help us all catch up with Mary!

New York New York - 90 and humid. Another normal trip to NYC in the summer

Summer in NYC - heat, humidity and all the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of summer in the city. We spent many days wandering around many of the neighborhoods exploring it all. A work trip - but with many aspects that made it lots of fun and exciting.
Got to Yankee stadium before it gets replaced and introduced a group of Russians to the "excitement" of a live baseball game. Not sure if it was the pace of the game or the fact that we all stood up and sang "God Bless America" with Kate Smith, but 7 and a half innings were enough!

Twin Cities - Saturday morning bike ride and evening bbq

Felt like a typical Saturday - 8am ride with the Saturday Bike Club and an evening BBQ with family and friends. And it was the perfect summer day for the first day of summer - warm, sunny and no humidity.

Warsaw - the summer look

Great days in Warsaw. The weather was perfect and with everything all greened up it was a great place to roam. All of my meetings were in a few mile range so was able to wander to all of them and take in the sights along the way.
Poland was playing its game in the EuroCup on Monday evening. Unfortunately for them, they did not have the same great outcome that we had in the Netherlands a couple days earlier.