World Tour Chunk #1

Europe MAP
Originally uploaded by (^_~) [Markus Masataka] (~_^).

Canadian VC Rick Segal and I have been recalibrating our World Tour ever since terrorism & typhoons stopped us from leaving last month as originally planned. We also came to realize that when you travel it one country at a time, the world is a much bigger place than it seems on neat little maps like this one.

Rick and I are planning to do several trips over the next several months. Our first will be to Europe and starts Oct. 14. Our schedule and general activities are as follows:

Oct. 14. London-- private dinner with small group of entrepreneurs.
Oct. 15-16--Scotland. Learning about social media in public education system
Oct. 17--Cork. Meetings with entrepreneurs/blogger dinner
Oct. 18--19 Dublin. Blogger dinner; participate in SaaS conference Trinity College
Oct. 20--Brighton, England, meet entrepreneurs
Oct. 21,2--Brussels, meet with entrepreneurs
Oct. 22-24--Estonia, meet leaders of online community, private dinner.
Oct. 25--Berlin possible day to play tourist
Oct. 25-30. Rome, Guest of American Embassy. speaking meeting with Italian entrepreneurs. [Rick leaves Oct. 28]
Oct. 31-Nov 5. Vacation with Paula. Amalfi Coast.
We have a very packed schedule so there is little time to schedule new meetings for this trip. Although, if you have a great idea you want to share, Rick and I tend to be guys who just cain't say no. We also both expect to be back in Europe in the not too distant future--either separately or together.

Comments

[Owen Lystrup]

I'll carry your bags everywhere and wear dark sunglasses like secret service if you let me come along.

[shel israel]

Owen,

Rick says if you pick up the hotel tab, we may have a deal.

[Owen Lystrup]

What kind of hotel are we talking about?

[shel israel]

Oh one with a lobby, and beds and maybe a bathroom in each room.

[antonis hontzeas]

Shel, why isn't Athens on your list ???

[shel israel]

Athens is not on the list Antonis, because we have not heard of any social media stuff going on there. Can you correct that perception?

[antonis hontzeas]

There are a number of events scheduled every year, including INFOCOM (http://www.info-com.gr), and COMDEX (www.dte.gr) (click on the english part).Most of these events are infrastructure driven but now applications and new ways of seeing the Inet have prompted a clear path to new ideas (since no one digs an empty and unused DSL line...). So I believe that indeed we can all profit locally from fresh broadband perspectives ( I know I have...)