Thursday, September 30, 2010

Bristol, Cardiff and Bath--oh my!

September 29th I headed off to Bristol to do a training with the staff there, along with agents from Cardiff and Bath who came over for the session.

STA Travel - Bristol (formerly a bank)
The staff were super cool and aside from some pizza-ordering challenges the session went off without a hitch! There were definitely some future CSR champions in the group :)

University Road leads to the STA Travel store--how fitting. 
In keeping with my all-work and no-play makes me a dull boy mentality, I went for a long walk to explore the city a bit before the session. Bristol was definitely one of those cities where right from the first moment I got a good vibe, but it was really difficult to peg down exactly why I liked it.

Bristol Cathedral
Statue in front of Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral detail
Bristol reminded me a lot of Brussels, which I visited for about 23 hours last September. Everyone I ever talkto about Brussels seems to think it's nothing special. I don't get it, I loved Brussels! I would move to Brussels tomorrow if I had the opportunity. And Bristol reminded me very much of Brussels. I can foresee a conversation sometime in my near future where I'll be telling someone how much I like Bristol and they'll reply, "meh, it's nothing special." Who, knows.

I really loved the way the light bounced off all the buildings in the afternoon. The only other city I visited that had a comparable twilight effect was Manchester. 
I was sad to leave so soon, but I had to get back that night, for a had a very busy next couple days back in London!

Cheers,
-Dan

Playing around at a cafe across the street before the session :-]

PS - I can't believe I fly home in a week--yikes!

PPSS - Thanks again Helen (or was it Ellen? lol) for giving me a ride to the train station after the session!!

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