Airports, rental cars and snow...

One can not say that my life has been boring since we decided to settle down in Denver.

On the contrary, it's been rather busy. I decided to take the post with SAP as a LE (Large Enterprise) Account Exec, looking after a the St Louis and Kansas City territories, building new business. Well, if you have not already figured it out, this means living in Denver and flying about the country every week to see everyone.

It's rather exciting for now, as I get to see the country and meet lot's of people, oh and try close the odd deal.
My first week started off by jumping on a flight last minute to SL (St Louis) for a customer event. SL is great, very quaint and pretty. I decided to hire a car so I could drive around and get to know my way. Luckily I remembered to drive on the right hand side this time.

Cute little houses in a St Louis Suburb

View from the air, flying back to Denver

In between Denver had some funny weather, and even had some snow in the mountains, which is a little strange for this time of year. It was great driving to the airport and seeing Mount Evans topped with white snow. Stunning!!!


This week started off with a Monday morning flight to Philadelphia, to the SAP HQ in Newtown SQ. This place blew me away. I know everyone said Philly was not the best place to be, but out in the country and in the little town of Newtown and Devon, where I stayed in a hotel, is like going back in time.
I had to smile seeing freshly baked bread delivered to the door of a deli - still closed and opening later, the bread just sits on the doorstep until the shop opens - Imagine that in SA. Not!
Horse Race track in Devon - Phylli
Typical home in a Devon Suburb

The train station
Freshly baked bread anyone??
On the way to SAP, trees, trees and more trees
The SAP HQ
Entrance Hall - Impressive

The SAP Guest cottage - well one of the many

SAP Conference Centre
A church down the road

Devon is a stunning little town, clean and lot's and lot's of trees. The SAP HQ is just as impressive, situated on it's own campus, quest cottages, training facilities etc.
Again I rented a little car to zoom around in, and thanks to Chris's GPS, am finding my way around just fine.

The rest of the week was spent in my Denver office, where on the 14th floor of the highest building in the Denver Tech Area, I look straight onto the Rocky Mnt's.


View from my office

What is Denver Tech? There is the main part of the Denver City, which we locals ((-:) call Downtown Denver. About 10 miles away from Denver Downtown, there is the Denver Tech Centre, where most of the IT and other big corp's are situated. This area is very new and has stunning buildings.

Other than that, Chris and I invited Fred and Loraine over for Dinner. We had a fab time and caught up on all the news. Chris has also been checking out all upcoming Ski Sales for winter, and is now almost a pro at what's what, what to wear and which gear is the best to get. He also managed to get a great pair of ski boots on sale already, and has been wearing them around the house like a kid, "trying to break them in".Guess who's excited about ski season.

Chris also surprised me with my new set of golf clubs, the ones I've been spying on for the last month. They are the Callaway X18's. So guess who's off to the driving range today!!
Other than that, we are having dinner with Melanie and Jenni tonight, and look forward to hearing all about their hikes and news while they were on leave.
I am flying off to Austin tomorrow until Wednesday for a bunch of meetings.

Well folks, that's my news for now, I'm loving being back at SAP, and having fun in between.

Remember, life's a journey, NOT a destination!