So it was a work day for me today.  And we had a full day workshop on Leadership styles.  Pretty hard to blog about that.  So I will do what all English people do and talk about the weather.  I should have taken that photo yesterday because it started raining last night and it was overcast the whole day.  And for end of May it is pretty chilly at about 14 degrees.  This place has no...

Today was a bank holiday in the UK. That is why I elected to be with my parents rather than spending the day by myself in the flat in London. I had a telephone conference with my boss at 9am and none of us managed to get breakfast in before that (especially as I went to bed eventually at 1am after trying to get the blog sorted - thanks to those of you that have re-subscribed)....

Today all that was left of the IAA meetings was the Council meeting.  This is pinnacle of meetings as it is where all the votes happen.  It is where all the political intrigue is worked out.  Most the meeting was quite nebulous.  Only two points raised considerable discussion.  The first was a proposal by the finance committee to increase the dues by 50c (in Canadian $ - that is about R5) per annum.  That resulted in...

This morning was a slightly later start with an 8am meeting.  I managed to sneak in breakfast before the meeting so that I wasn't speaking with my mouthful the whole time. Breakfast at the hotel is very efficiently done. There is only 1 staff member on duty and that person is just checking you actually stay in the hotel and don't try to steal breakfast. Everything else is done by yourself. In fact everything is like...

Another day of meetings all day. I was talking to our head of HR today on the phone and she asked where I was and I said Den Haag.  She asked what for and I said 'International Actuarial Association' meetings. She started to laugh and said you must be enjoying that. She knows me well! We started today with a 7am breakfast with the whole of Europe. Well at least the actuaries who represent the whole...

So it's been 5 months since you last heard from me but the good news is that I am back for the next 12 days.  I have decided to blog my current overseas trip.  It includes time in the Netherlands, UK and the USA and encompasses both work and time off for a family wedding.  I thought it might be interesting to blog at least for my own amusement and to keep my sanity especially as...