09-April-2014
We are off to Europe today to get ready for the Natural & Organic Products Europe 2014. We have a stand there for our business . We are going with my wife Janet and our daughter Meaghan. You always leave for Europe in the evening and arrive around 2am our time which is 7am England time or 8am Paris time. We never seem to sleep in a plane well and in effect, you miss a night of sleep.
10-April-2014
We flew from Toronto to Paris and then Paris to the UK.
The flight was uneventful which I am always thank full for. We rented a car for the next few days so we could do some visits.
The clerk upgraded us to an Audi which was really, really nice to drive. Really nice car with a gorgeous chick! It doesn’t get much better than that.
11-April-2014
Today we drove to Newbury to meet with our new banker and our accountant. We are switching from the Royal Bank of Scotland to Barclays Bank. Years ago, we had a word from Mark in Jamaica that he saw us in the UK and he saw Barclays. We focused more on the “being in the UK” and didn’t worry about the Barclays part. But it never left us. We wanted to switch banks at this time, and Barclays seemed to be the bank of choice for us. We always seem to be running behind a bit and added with driving on the wrong side of the road, it is never a relaxing ride. Janet always drives and I always navigate. Half way through the trip we discover this car has a built in GPS and it helped a lot.
From there we go to see our new warehouse facilities. The company we use, James and James, are moving from Foxton to Sawston. We drove to Foxton first, to pick up product for our show and then drove to Sawston to meet one of the James who own the facility. We ended up arriving 15 minutes before closing and got the “lickity split” tour. But it sufficed.
12-April-2014
Today we move from one hotel to the other and set up our show.