I’m in the middle of another video conference with three countries. My feelings about video conferencing are not being improved by these meetings! We have this further complicated because all PC’s (including laptops) are pre-set with a time that they must go into lock mode requiring a password to unlock. The machine in this room locked a few minutes ago and we had to call someone in to type in the password. The solution is to wiggle the mouse every once in a while to reset the timers so the machine doesn’t go into lockup mode. Technology still plays too much a role in these meetings.

The weather here this week has been cloudy with occasional showers. It has also been fairly cool as well. The high temperatures have been in the low to mid 50’s. The weather is also moving east, unfortunately. We may have some wet and chilly weather as we start the cruise!

The time here in Belgium has been very pleasant. On Sunday afternoon after we arrived, we walked around the downtown area and mapped out several stores that Nina wanted to visit during the week. She’s slowly working her way through these stores along with a lot of sightseeing. There’s a very beautiful cathedral near the hotel (I’ve put several pictures of the cathedral on the pictures page) and she’s spent some time there with her camera. It’ll be interesting to see her pictures. I’ll be finished at work around noon on Thursday. We’ll make our way to Brussels that afternoon and spend the night at the Sheraton Hotel at the airport. By then the jetlag should be finished. One more good night’s sleep. I think.