I guess greek myths or star signs is a common theme for meeing rooms and servers. Or whoever named yours was a Stargate fan :-)
We used to have servers named after Harry Potter characters. Our meeting rooms back in the UK are named after cities or, in some very sad cases, Ford cars.
You're right, I live in the UK but I work for a Swedish company so I spend a lot of time in Sweden, usually Stockholm. I suppose it is a bit far for just a course but it's good to actually meet my collegues who work here.
aha! makes sense! it must be nice to be able to meet your colleagues; i work for an american company with offices all over the place, i'm going to meet some of my german colleagues in a few weeks cause my sister works there and i'm going out for our birthday, but the others are in Mumbai and Dallas! what i wouldn't give to be able to pop out to Dallas for a trip!
I managed to swing a trip to Chicago and San Diego last year and I was in Beijing in May this year. I can't remember how many times I've been to Sweden this year. It sounds glamourous but it's mostly exhausting :-)
I can now do a mean presentation though. Really, really great course.
Frankfurt - my sister moved out there a while ago and it's our birthday soon, she works for the same company so obviously with colleagues of mine - they have a rule out there that on your birthday you have to take beer's in to work, so my brother in law and i are going in in the afternoon with beer for everyone!
i've only been once before, 3 years ago, so i'm really looking forward to it. i went to mumbai on a work trip for a couple of weeks but that's about it!
Stockholm is lovely. I'll be there in a couple of weeks actually, well near by in Djurhamn for a 2.5 day workshop. I won't get any time to spend in the city this time though. Earlier this year I finally got to see the Vasa and I was awe struck.
I'm not sure I said this already but I live in the Manchester of England :-)
I'm in Denmark now, in a very nice room in the Hilton at Copenhagen airport. I might be forced to have a bath after dinner and put the robe and slippers on :-)
Heh, what a coincidence. I'll probably be going to Stockholm in a couple of weeks myself on a writing thing (kick-off for NaNoWriMo).
I didn't know you lived in Manchester, cool! I don't know how similar the two cities are today, but Norrköping used to be the centre of the textile industry in Sweden, so that's where the name comes from.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-01 09:05 pm (UTC)It was also the name of one of our servers too.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-01 09:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 05:04 am (UTC)We used to have servers named after Harry Potter characters. Our meeting rooms back in the UK are named after cities or, in some very sad cases, Ford cars.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-01 09:45 pm (UTC)Cool though! Pegasus! Did you tell anyone who's on the course with you? Or just grin and not tell anyone why?? *g*
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 05:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 07:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 04:32 pm (UTC)I can now do a mean presentation though. Really, really great course.
Where abouts in Germany are you off to?
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 06:40 pm (UTC)i've only been once before, 3 years ago, so i'm really looking forward to it. i went to mumbai on a work trip for a couple of weeks but that's about it!
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 05:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-01 10:26 pm (UTC)I happen to be a citizen of that particular galaxy...
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 04:56 am (UTC)This is only my second time in Lund as I usually visit in Stockholm. I've taken in Ronneby, Karlskroner (sp?) and Gothemburg though in the past.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 05:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 10:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 04:30 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I said this already but I live in the Manchester of England :-)
I'm in Denmark now, in a very nice room in the Hilton at Copenhagen airport. I might be forced to have a bath after dinner and put the robe and slippers on :-)
(no subject)
Date: 2007-10-02 05:01 pm (UTC)I didn't know you lived in Manchester, cool! I don't know how similar the two cities are today, but Norrköping used to be the centre of the textile industry in Sweden, so that's where the name comes from.
Have a nice bath... ;)