So, the MOMD has invited me to go to one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in Europe with him and… I turned him down. Had to, I’m afraid.
In our exchange of emails, I rather diffidently mentioned that I had an idea for a conference theme, and when I expanded on it he got very enthusiastic and said he would suggest it to the ‘Board’
On Sunday evening he sent me an email saying the Board liked it, and: ‘Planning question - does it matter to you where we do it? Suppose it were Prague in May, Vienna in October or Budapest/Krakow in November? Would this be ok with you? If you were Project Leader, naturally we would pay your travel and accommodation.’…
Prague just happens to be high on my list of places I’ve never visited and would love to… but looking at the publication schedule for the magazine I’m going to be working on, I will be busy with the desk-top publishing in May, and also November, so it looks as though it will have to be Vienna in October. But hey, I guess I can go along with that – I’d been assuming it would be Oxford, if anywhere. And maybe I'll get to Prague some other time.
Plus, it's a great song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnTrAnC2Qxo
http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/billy_joel_lyrics_3026/the_stranger_lyrics_9162/vienna_lyrics_105810.html