Hi All,
It’s almost super bowl Sunday here in Calcutta and I’m getting ready to hit the hay before my early AM departure for Chennai. My visit here has been good, with many good meetings, very friendly people and beautiful-interesting-historic sights. Unfortunately, it’s all been a bit less fun for me because after dodging the infamous “Delhi Belly” I’ve been struck by the lesser known “Calcutta Crummies”… and it’s putting my rallying talents to the test. Ah well, at least there’s hope of coming home a few pounds lighter!
A few highlights of this trip were: lunch with the Consul General from the US Consulate, visit to the Victoria Memorial, Birla Temple and the Royal Calcutta Turf Club Racecourse – as well as a bit of long overdue handicraft shopping. The photo is of the Supreme Court building – one of many very lovely british-era buildings, and one of the best maintained. While I soaked in a bit more culture here, I can’t say I’ve partaken of much of the cuisine – maybe next time!
I’m both excited and somewhat apprehensive about the next stop in Chennai – I’m looking forward to seeing a few friendly faces from home as I’ll meet up with Russ Held from Virginia Port Authority, and his colleague Sunny How from the VPA office in Singapore, as well as my colleague & friend Steven Jast, President of Research on Investment, the Montreal firm we’ve engaged to lead identification for us in Chennai. The good news is that the program has come together quite well – the speakers I approached from the US Consulate and Sterling Gelatin (one of our success stories) have been great about preparing their remarks, and our partners at ROI and CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) have done a tremendous job promoting the event – such a tremendous job that now, rather than an event of 35-50, it appears we’ll have a ballroom full of 150-200 people! Yikes! I can’t wait to see what horrifying photos the press snaps of me this time! But, all for the good of raising the visibility of Virginia as the #1 Best State for Business.
GO COLTS – Madre, I’ll be thinking of you and hoping for the best for Peyton.
It’s almost super bowl Sunday here in Calcutta and I’m getting ready to hit the hay before my early AM departure for Chennai. My visit here has been good, with many good meetings, very friendly people and beautiful-interesting-historic sights. Unfortunately, it’s all been a bit less fun for me because after dodging the infamous “Delhi Belly” I’ve been struck by the lesser known “Calcutta Crummies”… and it’s putting my rallying talents to the test. Ah well, at least there’s hope of coming home a few pounds lighter!
A few highlights of this trip were: lunch with the Consul General from the US Consulate, visit to the Victoria Memorial, Birla Temple and the Royal Calcutta Turf Club Racecourse – as well as a bit of long overdue handicraft shopping. The photo is of the Supreme Court building – one of many very lovely british-era buildings, and one of the best maintained. While I soaked in a bit more culture here, I can’t say I’ve partaken of much of the cuisine – maybe next time!
I’m both excited and somewhat apprehensive about the next stop in Chennai – I’m looking forward to seeing a few friendly faces from home as I’ll meet up with Russ Held from Virginia Port Authority, and his colleague Sunny How from the VPA office in Singapore, as well as my colleague & friend Steven Jast, President of Research on Investment, the Montreal firm we’ve engaged to lead identification for us in Chennai. The good news is that the program has come together quite well – the speakers I approached from the US Consulate and Sterling Gelatin (one of our success stories) have been great about preparing their remarks, and our partners at ROI and CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) have done a tremendous job promoting the event – such a tremendous job that now, rather than an event of 35-50, it appears we’ll have a ballroom full of 150-200 people! Yikes! I can’t wait to see what horrifying photos the press snaps of me this time! But, all for the good of raising the visibility of Virginia as the #1 Best State for Business.
GO COLTS – Madre, I’ll be thinking of you and hoping for the best for Peyton.
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