Business (and other) Trips
- Where have you been so far?
- I have been to the Netherlands for 2 days; Korea, for a week, it was a one-day travel there; after Korea I went to France, to paris, for 2 days; Hamburg, in Germany, for 3 days; after that I went to Slovenia, for 5 days; after that we went to Balaton, for 8 days.
- What did you do in Korea?
- I visited factories.
- What kind of factories?
- A TV-factory and a home-theatre and AV-technics factory. We met lots of people, for example developing engineers.
- Did you see new things?
- Yes, we saw new things. For eaxample a new 3D-TV, that can be watched without glasses, buti t is just a prototype. It isn’t enjoyable but very interesting.
- Will they sell it soon?
- No. But it is about one or two years.
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- What did you do int he netherlands?
- We met international partners of our chain. It was a buyers’s meeting. It was a boring programme, but the country is nice.
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- What did you do in France?
- It was an incentive-trip. We saw a tennis-match. After that we went to a boat trip. It was a very special boat with very big spotlights and they lit the things on the bank. Ah, yes, and we tasted very fine wines. It was only 2 days but we enjoyed it very much.
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- What did you do in Germany?
- We were at a meeting, where they gave a prize to the supplyer of the year.
- What was the prize?
- It was a nice plate. Anyway, it was a meeting like that was int he netherlands.
- Nothing special happened then?
- Nothing.
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- What did you do in Slovenia?
- We met some leaders of a big factory. It was a partnership developing meeting.
- What was the main programme?
- It was relaxing.
- What kinds of realxing things did you do?
- First we went to lake Bled. We ate and drank wines, we had cigars. The next day we went on a boat-trip to an island int he middle of the lake. There was a church there. It was on the top of a clif. Ninety steps led to the church. There was a magic-bell there. According to a legend, when somebody sounds the bell and wishes something, it will come true. We went to the beach, too. The third day we went to Portoroz – it is on the coast of Slovenia. It is a great spa. We spent our time there eating and drinking local specialities, seafood mainly, for example crabs, lobsters, fish, octopus, shellfish, etc. We drank Italian wines, mainly, because a lot of Italians go there and they like them. The fourth day we went shopping int he morning and then we left for home. You know, we wanted to see a match on TV.
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- Well, and where did you go with the family?
- We went to lake Balaton. We rented a house in Siófok.
- What kind of house?
- It was well-equipped. There were 3 rooms. It was only 150 (one hundred and fifty) metres from the beach.
- How long were you there?
- It was 8 (eight) days.
- What did you do?
- We enjoyed the beach. We went on trips to tapolca and Salföld. We had great lunches and dinners. We visited our friends living there. They cooked us fish-soup. … Well, this month was very busy and tiring but also very enjoyable.
BRAIN STORMING, 2010-2021
