We had tailwind from Stockholm to Amsterdam and arrived almost 30 minutes ahead of schedule. Downside was that the groundcrew was not available yet, so we couldn’t leave the airplane. And once they arrived we still had to wait as the bus didn’t arrive. So at the end I was at the parking lot to pick up my car at 10 PM, same time as originally scheduled.
Heading for home. Bye bye Sweden.
“Freshly painted”
This is the theme park opposite the street when you exit Gothia Towers hotel. Maybe during one of my next visits to Gothenburg I should give it a try.
Woke up just before the alarm (6 AM) after an uninterrupted deep sleep from 10 PM. I needed it obviously. Breakfast at Gothia Towers was great. Now downloading the public transportation app and searching for the bus connection to Mölnlycke.
Ended up this evening after a long day at the hotelbar with a colleague who told about his stepfather being in the hospital with cancer. We never had such an emotional conversation before and the good thing was it never felt embarrassing or uncomfortable.
Layover in Stockholm where I arrived at terminal 2 or 3. Decided to take a walk to Terminal 5 for flight to Gothenburg but didn’t realize I had to pass security check again. The soda drinks I had bought in Amsterdam were not allowed and I was not thirsty enough to drink them all on the spot.
(Very) early flight to Gothenburg (with layover in Stockholm). Not so crowded at Schiphol this morning. Flight delayed with 15 minutes.
We’ve accomplished the Power user testing with good results, and global milestone meeting voted for Continue. We’ve passed the point of no return…
Last round of smoke testing has started with deadline in around 5 hours from now. So far no major issues have been reported. Which is promising.
Last week I wasn’t much online, not because of the dramatic outcome (my honest opinion) of the US elections (although not a US citizen, I’m really concerned now that the would-be dictator has won) but because we were preparing for a major dot release of our main business system (global single instance).
At Saturday night 1 AM the downtime started and only a few minutes ago we got the release that we can start testing. First with Power Users (3 hour window) and next a smoke test (6 hour window), and if all goes well this evening (my time) at around 8 PM we hope to reveice the Go decision that we can start using the system again.
Hope from the perspective that the upgrade didn’t introduce any major issues, but also hope that we don’t need to continue testing till late at night, because I need wake up at 3 AM already for a ride to the airport to catch my flight to Sweden. And I really need some sleep…
🏃♂️ Evening run 5 km.
When I was done, I jogged slowly back home. Not many people outside with the exception of two fishermen searching for the perfect spot.
📺 Justice (2024)
Slow moving but very intriguing crime story, situated in Poland somewhere in the nineties.
Discharged police officer (due to his activities for the communist government) is asked to come back to solve a deadly bank robbery within a short time, so the merger of two banks is not impacted.
I liked it a lot and although the slow pace it kept my attention to the end.
🏃♂️ Evening run 10 km completed just before sunset.
Silent Sunday
In less than two weeks I will participate in the 7 km Seven Hills Night Run in Nijmegen. To support me you can make a donation to the Youth Fund for Sports and Culture. More info can be found via the QR code, or this link => supporta.cc/o2zr/a8b5…
“The very first urban pet cemetery was founded in 1881 in Hyde Park, London, following the death of a (reportedly very sweet) little Maltese dog named Cherry. His family had become good friends with a local gatekeeper named Mr. Winbridge, who agreed to let them bury Cherry there."
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Sunny Sunday November morning
Leave me alone… #caturday
Today I registered allofpel.com at micro.blog and will start to migrate my blog archive (mainly in dutch) to this domain.
I hope I do nothing wrong to pollute the timeline with new/old posts from the archive.
Working day finished.
🏃♂️ Evening run 8.5 km completed (and on track for 7 km Seven Hills night run in Nijmegen at 16 Nov).
Let the weekend begin!