Sergiu Damian’s Blog

I find myself againg in Budapest airport, waiting for my connecting flight home. I had the chance to catch a glimpse of the famous clean country, independent and very rich in both economical and nature terms. While days passed fast, during my visits to our customer, the nights passed quitely in the cosy Gasthaus Weinhalde (http://www.weinhalde.ch). I loved Zurich and Zurichsee area, where it seams that life has a totally different rythm and feel than in a big american city. You have water, mountains, good roads and multiple nationalities in one small area. In the office, there is no official language. They speak German, Italian, Spanish, French and English. Well, I have to cut the story short because my boarding started. Conclusion: I have to get Oana here someday. It’s definetly worth it!

Being in Denmark for the first time, the first thing that struck me is that for most of the several hundred kilometers spent on the highways, the country seems to be filled with small, scattered villages, where agriculture and farming are the most important things. It displays a tranquillity that I would expect to see in Switzerland. So far, so good. I stayed at this hotel http://www.skodsborg.dk/uk/, by the see side.

Oana and I had a wonderful holiday recently. We decided to take a week off. But, what to do in November, in a country where winters are tough and November usually brings the first snow? Luckily, we found out a great place, in the middle of the mountains, were we found everything we wanted: a warm bed, fresh air, peace & quite and nice & hospitable people. We found a place called “Fratii Jderi” (Marten Brothers), a place built by a man who knows how to live his life, who loves what he’s doing and feels very strongly about his freedom, manifested in a unique place that after one week makes us definetly want to go back there again. There are just a few places we’ve visited during our travels that really impressed us in such a wonderful way. So, why don’t you give it a try? http://www.fratiijderi.ro/

 Cezar, thank you!

 And last, but not least, enjoy some pictures:

The main house and a great view of the village

A very friendly kitten that we can’t forget:

A panoramic view of the place (359°):

In airlines business, it stands for the Budapest Ferihegy International Airport. I’ve been here for about 24 times in the last 2 years and it still amazes me that nothing changes here. Well, the WiFi free connection is faster than 2 years ago, but for the rest… I always thought that Hungarians are embracing change and improvement easier than Romanians. To me, this airport is so boring. They can do better and maybe they will. But, until then, you can burn 5 hours here only by entertaining yourself.

Well, today I saw a glimpse of the western lifestyle. Today, I was paying a visit to a customer in Holland. Travelling 90km in the Netherlands using exclusively the highways took me 2 hours. This makes it an average of 45km/h. Doing this on a daily basis would mean someone would loose 3-4 hours a day with travelling time. This fact of western life is intangible for a Romanian who works and lives in the same town, where distances in time and space are basicly the same no matter if you travel by foot, by bus or by car. So, what are we aiming for? When time is money, and living has a cost attached, we’ll be paying with our own life(-time) for being able to live it. Isn’t this nice?