I was more surprised to find this kangaroo parking sign than I was about the kangaroo signs in Austria – those I could understand – this I could not – does anyone have any insight into why kangaroos can’t be parked here from 8AM – 6PM besides that these are workday hours?
The last few days have been jam-packed with Strathclyde Institute of Genealogy and APG sessions. By the end of each day I could barely speak and I’m so grateful for everyone around me who could figure out the missing words! Needless to say, I was incapable of writing about the days. One of the frustrating challenges each day was that on campus, for whatever reason, although I had a wi-fi signal, I was only intermittently receiving emails and text messages – I could see that something came in but couldn’t open anything to actually read what was there. That meant that at the end of each conference/symposium day I was confronted with dozens of emails and text messages from family, colleagues, clients, and friends that really needed to be answered. If anyone who is reading this received an email from me which mad no sense, it’s because I was tired and had no business even attempting to send an email!
As if the intellectual exhaustion wasn’t sufficient, there were all the hills and stairs in Glasgow to contend with. It was amusing that the GPS said in a lot of its directions that the walking path was mostly flat. I’m not really sure how it defines either “mostly” or “flat.” There’s also a lot of construction and street closures which our GPS didn’t take into consideration, so everytime we walked around the closures, it reconfigured the route. If we had followed the new directions we probably never would have arrived at any destination.
The glimpses of really old buildings around each corner makes me gasp sometimes at their beauty.
OK, I know these are not as old as say, the pyramids, other buildings in Scotland, or the structures in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
The interiors of buildings had as many steps as there were outside to get in.
One of the joys of travel to conferences and meetings is to have face-to-face time with old friends
I love having Zoom meetings with colleagues pretty much on a daily basis, but meeting in person periodically is such a treat.
I know not everyone is thrilled with remote work but I consider it ideal. Without periodic in-person conference attendances I would be less thrilled. I’m looking forward to my next in-person event in Salt Lake City at FEEFHS in early August and then in mid-August in Buffalo, New York. The conference in Salt Lake City has the plus of being able to go to the new Ancestry headquarters in Draper, UT for the first time since the move a month ago.
Today’s adventure includes shopping for football gear for grandchildren. In Vienna I had to hunt for a shop here, there are stores all over which carry jerseys, scarves, socks, and more!
RelativaTree 