Copenhagen a day of work

Copenhagen a day of work

 Copenhagen Work and Play Mixed

 I flew in from Istanbul via Amsterdam yesterday,
arriving around noon.

 From the airport I quickly called my clients-friends
and jumped on a train dragging my once again too, too
heavy luggage.

 First thing in the main train station....go find the
Post Office to unload myself of stuff again.

 Then off to my reserved hotel by taxi.

 My hotel is the Cab-Inn. The rooms are cabins on a
ship. Very precise and very condensed. I can almost
touch the opposing walls with my outstretched arms.
It is very creative while being borderline
claustraphobic.

 I prefer the rambling, wedding reception size of a
Days Inn to the closet size efficiency closet of an
ocean tanker. It works and it is convenient to where
I want to be in Copenhagen.

 Once I dropped my luggage I realized I still had more
stuff: to send on. So onto another post office and to
wander for awhile, find an internet cafe, buy my train
ticket from here to the border of Germany and the
Netherlands where my Euro-Pass will take effect on
Sunday.

 Back to the hotel to meet with Jan Frank Nielsen from
Novo my client for two presentations this morning
several kms from Copenhagen. Up at 6:00 to have
breakfast and catch my cab at 7:oo.

 I have had many different types of introductions over
the nearly 20 years of wandering around speaking.
This morning's top them all.

 Jan warned me to check if it would be alright last
night when we met to review last minute plans. The
had four members of their Creativity Development Team
dress up as doctors and an Ambulance set up to carry
me from the reception entrance with full sirens
blaring to then carry me into the meeting room on a
stretcher. It got a great series of laughs and
applause as I stood up and said good morning...let's
get creative.

 After an introductory presentation to about 70 members
of the 4 and d division I did a 2 hour workshop for 25
people who signed up for it.

 Then at 11:30 I was raced off by taxi back to
Copenhagen to the Danish headquarters of Ericcson
where my afternoon session with the Danish Creativity
Institute was scheduled in their main meeting room.
About 70 members came and we had great fun rearranging
their meeting room.

 Now it is time to finish this and meet my Italian CPSI
friend Rosanna who arranged her business plans in
Denmark so she could be here for my program this
afternoon. Off to tour Copenhagen and its famous
Tivoli Park.

 To be continued.

 Wandering Alan

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