Overseas Trip 2009

[kybearfuzz]

I finally have my itinerary for my overseas work trip next month. As of now, the schedule is:

Sept 11 - Sept 16 -- Hoersholm, Denmark
Sept 16 - Sept 19 -- Sainte Croix en Plaine, France
Sept 19 - Sept 26 -- Loures (near Lisbon), Portugal

I'll be doing a lot of flying it seems. Still, I'm getting excited. I am a bit sad that I'm not going to any major cities (with the exception of Lisbon), but sometimes the smaller cities and townships have a lot of great local history and charm that the larger ones lack. When I work overseas I tend to find that the smaller cities are easier to manage as there are less distractions, but enough to keep me occupied.

And boobooirl, I think Sainte Croix en Plaine is near Strasbourg, but I don't know your definition of "close." :)

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Do you have any flexibility to add a couple of days at the end for vacation or personal time? It would be a shame not to spend some time sightseeing.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

We usually do, but we have to set that up in advance. Usually I have a good chunk of my travel days (usually the weekends) to see the sights around and some of my evenings are also free. And it's sad to say, but after two weeks on the road, I usually am ready to head home regardless of the city I'm visiting.

When you travel for a show, how much free time do you usually have to see the cities you visit?

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Mondays are the day off, unless it's a travel day to a new city. During the week, unless there's a rehearsal or a week day matinee (only in SF, Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia or Boston these days), all of your week days until show time are free to explore. The weekends are your busiest work time ... Most of the time, it's a five show weekend ... Friday evening; Saturday - 2 shows; Sunday - 2 shows.

I've always been interested in taking in the cities where I was performing .. I look at the architecture, the history, the cultural references, the shopping, the restaurants ... I call it city-shopping. Would I want to live here? It was the way I kept from feeling lonely on the road, as a loner. Fortunately, over the years I've been blessed with friendships in most major cities, so now it's like being paid to go see my friends!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

That's a good way to look at it, being paid to see friends. I have ran into more than a few online buddies during work trips, but none on the foreign trips (with the exception of a few handsome Canadians).

[kodanuki.livejournal.com]

I'll be in Denmark in October!
Aggghhhh!
:o(

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

LOL.. ain't that the way it goes!?

What takes you to Denmark?

[boobooirl.livejournal.com]

eeee.... You're on the other side of Strasbourg from me.
I'm away on the 16th, but we should see if I can drive down that far one of the evenings.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I'm there until Saturday the 19th. How far away are you from there?