Today is a gray day on the river. Temp 59, light drizzle. All but the most hardy of the “fishermen” have disappeared. Having left Torgau at 3:00 AM we spent the morning on the river heading for Meissen. Apparently the Elbe isn’t the type of river that one wants to navigate at night. We learned […]
First the change in plans. Today is Ascension Day in Germany – a Bank Holiday and pretty much everything is closed. Our walking tour of Wittenberg is still a go, but the free hour for shopping at it’s conclusion is a bust. So…we’ll leave Wittenberg an hour earlier than planned and they’ve added a stop
We were up early today – luggage out in the hall by 06:00, breakfast at 7:30, on the bus by 8:30. On the way to breakfast I had to get this photo of Steve: So…we got on the bus and our tour guide, Loca, talked us over to Potsdam. We arrived by crossing the famous
The day started a bit late. Steve and Billie slept in – which is actually a pretty good sign. Billie normally gets up at 5:00 am so this is an indication that she is approaching ‘vacation mode’. Anyway, we hurried thru breakfast, missed our window to take the bus and stop by the Babelplatz (the
The day started by not, at least not early. One of us was wide awake at 4 am. Cheryl, on the other hand, had to be awakened at 8:30 when Billie texted to say that they were waiting for us in the lobby. We quickly assembled ourselves and presented at the hotel’s buffet. They serve
When last we visited, Cheryl was dealing with a sore throat (that we attributed to allergies). This morning she was no better, and she had happened to pack a 2-pack of Covid tests, so we decided to take the test so we could rule out ‘anything more serious than’ bronchitis. Turns out we couldn’t. I
No photos today. We just powered thru to the end. Actually, one of us powered thru. Cheryl had breakfast and went back to bed. It seems that her histamine finally couldn’t keep up with the pollen count and she woke up miserable. She joined us for lunch, then back to bed (although, when I got
Here’s today’s schedule: Before I give you the schedule (because I have no illusions that you will read it) here are a few offerings from Cheryl (who spent the afternoon relaxing) and from a vendor-sponsored reception we attended this evening. 07:30 Breakfast 08:30 Regulatory Panel 09:30 Refreshment Break 10:00 Managing Climate Risk – What Governing
No real post today. Here’s what we did. 08:00 Breakfast 09:00 Opening Keynote: Securing the Future: Unmasking Cybercriminals and the Triple Threat facing Business andYou 10:15 Refreshment Break 10:45 Changing the Consumer Experience in Banking 11:45 Lunch 13:00 Fair Lending and CRA (Community Reinvestment Act) NOTE: For some reason Cheryl didn’t want to attend this