Part of the leadership event is a physical activity or challenge. We always have the Leap of Faith, but APJ requested a low element so we selected the Trust Fall. That's me mid fall - it was fun and a more of an adrenaline rush than I would have thought. Me mauling my lovely facilitating partner. We have so much fun it never feels like work. |
| I am not sure how I pulled off the last week. On stage in front of 300 of our sales people as a plenary speaker talking about Growth Mindset and thinking, ' I hope I don't faint or get sick.' I didn't. Thankfully. Monte Carlo, Monaco 12-13 December The good news is I am home, Joe and Zaven are done with school and Avalon arrives on the 22nd! |
| I flew from Nice, France to Paris to Stockholm, - my flight was rerouted I was intended to fly through Amsterdam but crazy bad weather in Europe had snarled travel. I was so sick. Fever, ' stomach issues' apparently I got something in Singapore. Again, Dr. Theater/Adrenaline saved the day. My beloved HR colleagues who took such good care of me. Here we are with 40 Nordics Leaders from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland Surprisingly, it was a wonderful session 13 & 15 December Stockholm, Sweden |
| December kicked off with a trip to paradise, I mean Singapore My office for the week, well not exactly on the beach 4-9 December Singapore Our event was at the Sentosa Resort on Sentosa Island |
| This is right outside our conference room. 2 peacocks and the butt of another. I was promised monkeys which I didn't see but did see a ginormous monitor lizard. Gads |
| I love us. Altogether in the same country! The Leonetti Vacation begins - Av arrived this morning and we headed into Milan for a little shopping and holiday cheer 22 December 2017 Milan, Italy ps I am delighted that I will be passing through Portland at the beginning of February and get to see Av again :) |
| Off to Serole and Alba for Barolo and all things truffle We spent our time at the vacation house, eating, hiking, sleeping, eating and just enjoyed the decadence of being together. 23 - 27 December 2017 Alba & Serole, Italy |
| Avalon are you bringing coffee on this hike? Loved that we could visit dad's tree together - this was the first time Av had been back / seen it since it was planted in June of 2016 |
| Avalon LOVES Rome. So we spent New Year's Weekend in the city of love - eating and walking and eating. The first day we had that long, golden, Italian winter sun which is totally magical to me. 29 December 2017 - 2 January 2018 Buon Anno! Rome, Italy |
| When in Rome...dine with the cousins! Gianni, Rosaria, Fabiana & Davide! Love them and love this photo of Joe and Gianni, you can see the family resemblance. PS I also have photos of Fabiana and Zaven playing together under a table in Naples when they were 18 months old...for another post when Z gives me permission |
| Avalon posted this on Instagram and said: Look at our big dumb heads ps I think our head's look darling |
| Above : Visiting the Centrale Montemartini Museum We visited (and donated to) the Rome Cat Sanctuary - Torre Argentina - where kitties are sterilized and cared for and can find potential families - this family is topped out with rescues. More photos on Av's Insta account |
| The Roman Jewish Ghetto is amazing - there is a beautiful synagogue, the Shoah museum, wonderful kosher restaurants and fabulous bakeries. I am grateful that it is still there (we don't have one in Milan any longer), that the area came back and beautifully memorializes victims of the Holocaust with bronze tiles throughout the ghetto and the city |
| :: December 2017 :: |