Hong Kong airport after a traveling from Copenhagen, Berlin and Frankfurt.
Again what a buzz, the airport is packed with friendly people, a huge choice in food outlets and shopping stores, most of which are a little out of my league monetarily wise, just window shopping today.
We decide on crispy eel with miso, rice and pickeled vegetables for lunch, the food was ok on the flights, nothing to write home about, so I won't.
The next flight leaves Hong Kong in another two hours, so ill try and have a snooze, the seats on the Auckland Leg are in the back of the bus, so no room to stretch on this trip.
Our leg to HK gave us the exit rows so the feet could go up against the wall, great stuff.
Well, that is about it....
From the perfect madhouse that is Tokyo, being blown away to stay at a castle in Austria and having the opportunity to deliver a paper at an international conference, Vienna, stunning, Prague - ancient and a little scary, Berlin, lunch at a two star, and so much to see we didn't even scratch the surface, Paris, loved it, and the Parisians - great people, be sure to wear an All Blacks shirt, Dijon, one of the highlights for me, a truly beautiful place, the real France. Copenhagen for Noma, an unforgetable experience, finally this mamouth trip home. A true whirlwind tour of some of the best places and food on the planet.
Has it "All been about the Food?" of course not.....the food in the most part has been fantastic, (coffee excepted) this trip has been about experience, personal development, meeting and delivering too like minded people who wish to take food to a new level....and to coin a fraise from Richard, "Time and Place"
Thank you again to Richard Mitchell who sorted and planned this amazing trip to further extend our research participation. Also to the Team at Otago Polytechnic, a passionate and dedicated group of professionals.
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