On September 21st I had my second regional training session. The agents from Edinburgh, along with some of the agents from Glasgow would be meeting up at the STA store in Edinburgh after close for pizza, beer, and of course, some good ol' fashion Planeterra training!
Much like the crew at Southampton, the team in Scotland was very excited about our Planeterra partnership. I'm excited to know that I can count on them to get the word out!
[The Edinburgh/Glasgow staff showing their enthusiasm for the new brochure]
The only thing I didn't like about my trip to Edinburgh, was the duration. I took the 10:30 am train out of London's Kings Cross St. Pancreas and got into at Edinburgh Waverley train station shortly after 3:00 pm (that train ride was pretty cool btw; beautiful pastoral views, and free wifi do occupy me during the boring parts!). The arrival part was fine, it was the departure that was the problem... Just six hours after I arrived I had to be on the 9:00 pm train to Newcastle (I had a 9:00 am training in Newcastle the next morning and knowing myself, didn't think it would be a good idea to try to catch the six am train in the morning).
So I had approximately six hours to see Edinburgh, but to give a proper illustration of my time constraint you need to subtract the time I was busy from my total time designated for exploring the city. First, subtract the first and last hours which I needed to use for getting to and from the STA Travel store/train station. Then subtract an hour and a half for the presentation, questions, and the setting up breaking down of my projector and seating. Finally subtract another hour and a half spent in Starbucks reviewing and amending my presentation. What I'm left with a total of 60 minutes to explore one of Europe's finest cities.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not soliciting pity for poor ol' me, who only got one hour to explore Edinburgh on his free trip... I appreciate that I got to see it at all, but I will definitely have to make another visit because as it stands now, the entire city was little more than a wonderful blur of beautiful buildings, bagpipes music, last-minute-cramming, nervous-presentation-giving, pizza-eating, kilts, and beer (actually not too different than my memory of the College of Wooster!)
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not soliciting pity for poor ol' me, who only got one hour to explore Edinburgh on his free trip... I appreciate that I got to see it at all, but I will definitely have to make another visit because as it stands now, the entire city was little more than a wonderful blur of beautiful buildings, bagpipes music, last-minute-cramming, nervous-presentation-giving, pizza-eating, kilts, and beer (actually not too different than my memory of the College of Wooster!)
[One more pic of the Edinburgh/Glasgow crew. I hope they don't get too mad that I posted these!]
Cheers,
Dan
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