Traveling log – San Fransisco

So I travelled to San Fransico with Julien and Pascal last week to have some customer meetings. It was the first time I travelled to the states on business class, and it was a rather pleasant experience compared to coach. So how was it you say?

Well coming onboard I found that my seat was in that little second floor room they have on the Boeing 747 planes. The seat is one of those where you can lay it down horizontally to have something where close to a bed, and there is a wall you can put up between you and the seat next to yours, so you almost have your own little cubicle. The rest is what you expect, you sit around chatting with the rest of the social elite, exchanging fun stories about horrible experiences with the proletariat, ie. the people traveling on coach.

The best part though was the sing-along we did. The tune was theme song from Annie, ‘It the hard-knock life’ but the lyrics was improved. Here is a small sample for you:

[PASSENGERS]
It’s a bourgeois life for us!
It’s a bourgeois life for us!

[CREW]
‘Steada working,

[PASSENGERS]
We get pampered!

[CREW]
‘Steada water,

[PASSENGERS]
We get Champagne!

[ALL]
It’s a bourgeois life!
Got to many servants to speak of, so,
It’s a bourgeois row we how!

And so it went on, it was a beautiful experience.

In San Francisco our customer meetings went very well and I also got to hang out a couple of evenings with the legendary David Schleef. San Fransico seems like a very nice city and I would love to someday spent more time there, all my visits so far have always been for just a few days with a heavy program. David celebrated his birthday while we where there, so Julien treated us to a nice meal at a local french resturant.