Our conference hosts flew us from Bonn in central Germany to the port city of Hamburg in the north to have a look at another part of their business. After arriving we were scheduled for a tour and dinner. As we were headed out the door we took the lining out of our jacket because it didn’t fit well over our suit jacket, this proved to be a bad decision as we had forgotten about the walking tour we were supposed to go on…

So we had a tour of the port wearing the equivalent of a wind-breaker… And on the bus ride there we sweated a little bit with our suit and tie on the warm bus, so little we usually wouldn’t notice. But we did notice when this perspiration practically froze after about 15 minutes out in the icy wind swept docks of Hamburg. The tour went on for almost an hour and a nice little drizzle developed about half-way through.

Everyone was cold. But your editor who lived in Florida for 5 years before moving to Argentina was particularly ill-prepared for the Nordic winds coming down on the Elba river from the North Sea. The port was interesting, a kind of Amersterdam on steroids… (the newer part is similar to Puerto Madera, except not as nice) But by the time we reached the restaurant we were frozen solid… So, now we have a nice little head-cold to take with us back to BA. We can’t wait to feel the warmth of the Argentine summer! But of course we have a nice long flight ahead of us before we do…