Laval, France
I won’t lie, I hadn’t heard of Laval prior to landing an internship through EYE (Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs) but I came to really enjoy the small town.
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Installations, training, conferences and trade shows: travelling with the day job.
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Lviv, Ukraine
Spending a week in Ukraine (Lviv) for work with one of my colleagues, Nolwenn. It was our first trip together and everything went smoothly for work.
Stockholm
Each time unveiled a new dimension to Stockholm. The first time I discovered Swedish meatballs (yum), rooftop bars (wow) and clothes shopping (H&M). The second time I discovered the night-life, snus…
Chile 2019
Spending two weeks in Chile was quite the adventure. It started off with my bags getting lost on route (first time that’s ever happened to me!). My first mission was, whilst on the layover waiting…
Montreal, Canada
Arrived in Montreal: Nov, 2019 Departed from Montreal: Aug, 2020 Didn’t expect to arrive in Montreal just before the COVID pandemic hit!
Doha, Qatar
Spending a week in Qatar for an installation for work. This was the first tender that I ever got involved in and which took two years to see through to the end. The distributors were very good and…
Uzbekistan, Tashkent
One of the most incredible opportunities to arrive was the least expected. Not least because I didn’t even know we had any simultors in Uzbekistan. The story goes that the business had sold four…
Instanbul, Turkey
In the run up to the visit, there was a lot of stress around logistics – hoping that the simulator would arrive before we did – and the details for flights and hotels came at the last minute.
Reims, France
Did you know that Reims is the home of champagne?! The home of “champagne showers”!
Road Trip: Cologne, Germany & Italy
Spending a week in Cologne, Germany, for a dental event (IDS 2021) to unveil our new dental training simulator (Virteasy Dental V2) alongside our haptic partners, 3D Systems Corporation.
Turin, Italy
I highly recommend staying at NH Lingotto and eating from Pizza Vol (a little hole in the wall for takeaway pizzas) if you go that way.
Santiago, Chile
Region Santiago Metropolitan Region Province Santiago Province I arrived in Santiago tired from an early flight and unable to check-in to the hotel straight away. What better way to improve a morning…
Karachi, Pakistan
Did you know? I didn’t… Pakistan is the 5th most populous country after China, India, USA and Indonesia.
Chennai, India
State Tamil Nadu Region Coromandel District Chennai district Former name Madras Population (mega city!) 7,088,000
Rajahmundry, India
State Andhra Pradesh Region Coastal Andhra District East Godavari Founded by Rajaraja Narendra
Concepcion, Chile
Region Bío Bío Province Concepción As per the last time, the flights were a pain in the arse. It’s the only time I check-in my luggage, because there’s no much choice with all the changes and it’s…
Philadelphia USA
Things got off to a rocky (who happens to be from there) start at Philadephia with issues sending the simulator through DHL, on top of ongoing COVID restrictions. I was flying direct from Morocco, so…
Vlinius, Lithuania
It was a fun experience coming to Lithuania, mainly because it was the first time my colleague had ever gotten on a plane. It’s amazing sharing these experiences with people and living vicariously…
Trade Mission, Dubai
Great event – easy to get around and very well organised. Met a number of people from DBT, FCDO and other founders and CEOs.
Ostrava, Czech
The arrival in Czech was really convenient. Landed in T1, exit F, then across the road is the AirPort Express bus which goes all the way to main station (MS) in about 45-60 minutes depending on…
Uzbekistan Embassy
I’d never been to an embassy before so it seemed like a big occasion. I arrived in London and went to Harvey Nichols to see if I could find a briefcase fitting for the occasion. I found a lovely…
Palma, Mallorca
Getting to Palma, Mallorca from the UK is both easy and cheap with lots of low budget airlines flying to and from during the day – more so in the summer of course. If you come out of season then…
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
It was strange to arrive into a European country that had similar advantages to the UK (pre-Brexit). I didn’t expect the currency to be the LEV, for instance. Unfortunately Plovdiv doesn’t have it’s…
NHS Altrincham
I had a great ride up on my motorbike. I stopped halfway in a town near Cheltenham to see a good friend whom I hadn’t see for a decade. He bought a lovely little historic cottage and is a really…
Koln, Germany
Coming back to Cologne (Köln in German) is like coming seeing an old friend again. I tend to come here only every two years (that’s how IDS runs) so it has a sense of familiarality, but at the same…
Valencia, Spain
A nice, easy, process of going to an EU country. We booked an AirBnB last minute which was fairly cheap, good quality, and right opposite the market hall which was perfect for our purposes. It’s easy…
Hong Kong 2
I forgot how long the flights actually are. This time we stopped off in Thailand for a few hours and then made our way to Hong Kong. The distributor very kindly picked us up and then dropped us to…
Da Nang, Vietnam
13-14th Arrival In Heathrow and the layover I passed the time in both the AMEX lounge and the CHASE lounge, which were both excellent. At Hong Kong would slightly recommend the AMEX lounge over the…
Geneva, Switzerland
24th June I was looking forward to coming back to Geneva, Switzerland, as the only time I had been here was as a backpacker on a (small) budget. Switzerland is not the place to come with limited…
Multi, India
3rd July Leaving for India was always going to be a test for my bipolar. Even more so as I didn’t realise one of my tablet boxes was only half full. Nevertheless I preceeded to the airport in good…
Monstair, Tunisia
Arrival I’ve been looking forward to Tunisia for so long that my expectations were always going to be elevated. It’s never a good thing and always makes me thing of happiness = reality –…
Dublin, Ireland
Arrival We arrived by van with some equipment for a work event. It was a nice crossing from France and we slept well in the cabins. My partner’s family (mum’s side) is Irish so we’d looked forward to…
PM Delegation – Mumbai, India
So how on earth did we even get here? Well, back in 2019 I started a little company called Universal Simulation. Over the next couple of years I built a prototype desktop simulator (used in ADEMA…
Nice, France
Arriving in Nice I have the distinct feeling that I’ve been here before. I am almost certain of it. This blog feels a little bit like my own memory bank, which only became more important after…
Visiting No 10 Downing Street
It’s a rare privlege because, as a naive citizen, I tried to visit No 10 before only to find out it’s off limits to the general public. The whole street is cordoned off and security is pretty heavy.…
Montpellier 2026
Gah, I just checked, and the last I was in Monpellier was 16 Apr ’22 🤯! This place has had such a big impact on me. It’s my only “2nd home” and where I’ve literally spent years on and off since…