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I’ve uploaded the photos from my trip to Orlando.
There aren’t that many but I’ve divided them into two separate albums and they can be found under USA/Kissimee & USA/Epcot Center.
About the trip all I can say is it was wonderful. The weather was great and we did spend a few enjoyable days off before the conference started.
The trip to Disneys Epcot Center was an experience. We tried a few of the attractions where Mission: Space was the most fun. The World Showcase was very impressive. They’ve built up a block or two of different countries and have restaurants, bars and a few exhibitions of each country. IT almost felt like being back in Vegas again.
Down town Orlando wasn’t much to see. For some reason I was expecting more from Orlando but after seeing it I don’t think I’ll be going back there again. We lived just outside of Orlando in a town called Kissimmee. We stayed at an inn, a typical American establishment. It wasn’t luxurious but it had everything we needed. The breakfast was very American and barely eatable: Coffee, Orange Juice and donuts. Need I say I only tried it once?
The conference was better. I didn’t really know what to expect from it other than that I’d hopefully have a few ideas about how we can improve the way we work. I got all that with me and then some. It was a very interesting couple of days and I got to meet and see some of the most respected Scrum people in the business. I must say that it is very inspiring to hear Jim Coplien, Mike Cohn, Ken Schwaber and more talk about there experiences and views on the world of Scrum.
2009/03/21 16:43 | Globethrotting - USA - Work - photo | Trackback | No Comments »
The conference has started so I finally have an internet connection.
I’ve been here in Orlando for about 4 days and I must say I’m really enjoying myself. It’s partly cloudy and with about 30C that’s perfect. The pool is warm and the food is just as unhealthy and good as I remembered it.
We haven’t spent all our time by the pool, we’ve been to Epcot Center at Disney World and took a trip to down town Orlando the other day. Right now I’m standing in the conference lobby after a great lunch.
It’s all work and no play from now on with the conference ending just a few hours before the plane leaves for home again. I’ll write more about Epcot, Orlando & the conference when I have a bit of spare time on my hands, you’ll have to wait until I get home for pictures though 
I sincerely hope you are not suffering too much from the cold back home.
2009/03/16 19:07 | Globethrotting - USA - Work | Trackback | 2 Comments »
I’m going to Orlando in March! Woho!
The Scrum Alliance is hosting a conference in Orlando. I am going there with a colleague to, hopefully, learn a bit more about scrum and get some inspiration that we can bring back to the office.
Now, when you get a paid trip to the US you can’t just go to the conference and head back home, that would be stupid. We will land in Orlando three days ahead of the conference and go to Disney World and The Kennedy Space Centre. Happy Days!
Before all this I have a huge release on work which will most likely exhaust me completely so I’m really looking forward to this trip as a chance to get away from the office for just a few days to recharge.
2009/02/12 21:43 | Globethrotting - USA - Work | Trackback | No Comments »
I’ve uploaded about 150 photos from our trip to Dublin in October.
I’ve also taken the liberty to tweak the gallery a tad so it works a bit better now
To the Dublin album
2009/01/19 20:07 | Globethrotting - Ireland - photo | Trackback | 1 Comment »
I’m back from Dublin, I’ve actually been back for a couple of days.
We had a great trip to the city of Guinness.
I must confess that we didn’t do much sight seeing in the city. We mainly hung out around temple bar but we did go to the Guinness brewery which was probably the most cultural event of our trip
I can really recommend the Kinlay House Hostel if you are ever going to Dublin. It’s located just two blocks off temple bar and the room was quite nice, especially since we lived in a 20 bed dorm.
When it comes to bar I can really recommend Porter House. It’s on parliament street in temple bar.
The brew their own beer and have a great atmosphere. I loved it!
2008/10/29 11:41 | Globethrotting - Ireland | Trackback | 1 Comment »
The taxi will come and pick me up in just 6 hours to take me to the airport from which I will go to Vienna for a 3 day workshop.I’ll be back on Thursday evening again just to leave for Dublin on friday morning.
It’s tiresome this, but fun
2008/10/20 23:22 | Globethrotting - Work | Trackback | 1 Comment »
I’ve been travelling a lot the past year and I was wondering how far I’ve been flying in total so I have accumulated all the number and this is what I got:
Stockholm – New York: 6,336 x 2 = 12672
New York – San Francisco: 4,139 x 2 = 8278
Stockholm – Vienna: 1,244 x 4 = 4976
Stockholm – Dublin: 1,633 x 2 = 3266
Stockholm – London 1,436 x 4 = 5744
Stockholm – Chania: 2,736 x 2 = 5472
London – Hong Kong: 9,646 x 2 = 19292
Hong Kong – Sydney: 7,349 x 1 = 7349
Cairns – Melbourne: 2,317 x 1 = 2317
Melbourne – Hong Kong: 7,389 x 1 = 7389
Total: 76 755 km
the circumference of the earth at the equator is 40,076 km.
Conclusion: I have travelled 1.9 laps around the world in one year only counting flight distance. Cool
All numbers come from http://www.convertunits.com/distance/
and http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_distance_around_the_world
2008/10/19 12:02 | Globethrotting | Trackback | No Comments »
I’ve uploaded a bunch of photos from crete.
You’ll find several new albums under the Greece category at photo.nordenfelt.com.
2008/08/22 11:36 | Globethrotting - photo | Trackback | 1 Comment »
We’re back home again after 14 days of sun and fun.
It’s been two very good and rewarding weeks. We haven’t been doing much really.
A typical day for us started with an early breakfast at aroun 8 am. We had breakfast at the hotel and went to the pool directly after eating where we got ourselves a sunchair each and lie down in the morning sun enjoying the sound of the ocean and the warmth of the sun.
Sometime during the early hours, usually around 10am, we went for a swim in the ocean, atleast if the waves and currents allowed us to which they usually did. The water was probably somewhere between 23-25c which was perfect after being the in the sun for 2 hours.
Around 1pm we usually got hungry and had a toast and a beer by the pool.
After lunch we spent the afternoon with more sun and ocean water.
At a round 16pm we got tired and went up to the room and took a two hour nap.
After the R&R we sorted ourselves out for a night out including a shower, fresh clothes and a couple of beers. Around 8pm we went down to Platanias and took a walk on the main road until we found somewhere to have dinner. After dinner we were usually so tired that we simple went back to the hotel again. This being around 10-11pm. As you understand we’ve slept and relaxed a lot.
We did make two trips though.
We took a walk one day from Platanias to Chania. It’s a 13K walk and it was about 33c in the shade, which there wasn’t much of where we were. It took us about 3 hours to get to Chania and once there we were so tired all we could do was eat and get on the next bus back to the hotel. It was a beautiful walk though.
We’ve visited Knossos and Heraklion on a full day tour. I’ve acctuall been to Knossos once before but I was only 8 at the time so it was fun to be back again and see it from a new perspective.
I’ll upload all the photos later during the day so you just keep an eye on the blog as I’ll post an update as soon as they are all there.
2008/08/22 8:30 | Globethrotting - Greece - Private | Trackback | No Comments »
I’m going to Greece tomorrow morning, leaving a rainy Stockholm behind.
This means probably that I won’t be blogging for two weeks but on the other hand it means that you’ll get the opportunity to enjoy photos from Greece when I get back home
2008/08/06 11:05 | Globethrotting - Private | Trackback | 3 Comments »
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