No post since March 2013. Jeez. That's really terrible. I am sorry I have neglected y'all.
I am currently in Turkey for market research, headed to Russia next week. Both are new countries for me, so that's exciting. Both are being threatened by terrorist activity, which is unsettling. Turkey is a target for folks that are pissed about Syria. Russia is a target for folks that are pissed about Russian's activities in various countries/areas near Sochi. And I am an innocent market researcher stuck in the middle.
My plan is to lay low, get my work done, and get out.
And to stop watching CNN. In the last year or so, CNN has really shifted focus so it's now covering terrorist crap nearly non-stop. Can't I get an uplifting episode of "Inside Africa" or something? Even a Grey's Anatomy with English subtitles would do. I need some fluff.
I will say that Turkey—and Istanbul, to be precise—has been beautiful thus far. Food has been great. People have been gracious.
I'm a bit nervous about Russia. It's supposed to be COLD (read: zero degrees daytime high). And I'm not sure about the food. Or the mafia. Maybe they'll be so busy readying for Sochi that they'll leave business people in Moscow and St. Petersburg alone. We shall see...
XOXOX
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