Quick and Dirty Summary

Where to begin.....

At the end of November, I left ARM after 10 great years and joined ISI, Innovative Silicon. Innovative Silicon has been pursuing me for 2.5 years now and I finally caved. :) There are lots of new and interesting concepts to learn and challenges to face. Perhaps one of the most interesting challenges is moving to Switzerland for 3months to learn the ropes. It just so happens ISI's head office is in Lausanne Switzerland, so a little European adventure is on the horizon.

So there you have it, quiting one job, jumping to another and then packing enough stuff for 3months and covering local/personal matters for 3 months was quite a challenge since it had to be done before December 3rd which is when Taz and I flew away....

So with 2 big suits cases, one double bike bag, one bag of skate skiis, and two knapsacks, we hopped on a plane and flew to Geneva and then took the train to Lausanne. What a journey. If that wasn't tough enough, we had a hill to climb (with the 9 bags) to get to our hotel for the first night.

And if that wasn't bad enough, we had to move the following morning into our apartment with our 9 bags. And where was our apartment??? On the 3rd floor and we have no elevator. We definately got a serious weight workout. I wish I had a camera to have taken a picture of Taz as he walked the 1.5 miles (mostly downhill) with the bike box through the town of Ouchy which is where our flat is. Why did he walk??? The cars in Europe are too small and could only fit our luggage. So I ask you all, how on earth are we going to get all our luggage home when we have to walk all the way up to the train station????