Doing Business in ...

Farewell vacation, hello work as of next Monday.

While reading the Economist, I found this audio series on doing business in various cities. Check out the "Doing Business in" series here. The first one I listened to is London. It's quite interesting. I wish there were a script. I totally agree with the narrator's comment that she would miss the BBC if she did not live there.

Doing Business in Frankfurt:
- Agree with the narrator's comment of avoiding Frankfurt during trade fairs.
- Agree with the comment that you should get to the point during business meetings.
- I didn't know you could go into the Commerzbank's cafeteria just for lunch, even if you don't work there.
- Agree that Frankfurt is a safe city. I feel safer there than in SF unfortunately.
- The narrator recommends the hill towns outside of Frankfurt such as Kronberg.

Doing Business in San Francisco:
- Agree that SFO is a nice airport
- Agree that SF is not a taxi city like NYC
- Be prepared for all types of weather in SF
- Agree that Americans are workaholics (unfortunately)
- Agree that business meetings will often happen in Silicon Valley
- Agree that Palo Alto is the best place to stay at when down in Silicon Valley based on what I've heard
- Agree about the tipping culture. It's a good idea to have a bunch of $1 bills handy.

Place of worship

I like this picture if I do say so myself. The arch is nice. Reminds me of a church or another place of worship. The coins also add to that theme. Generally people throw coins into wishing wells and fountains, but I guess Coit Tower windows are the exception. The ride up to the top of Coit Tower cost me $5 so I had to milk the experience by shooting as many pictures as possible.

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Dieses Bild gefaellt mir. Der Bogen ist schoen. Er erinnert mich an eine Kirche. Die schimmernden Muenzen tragen auch zum Effekt bei. Normalerweise werden Muenze in Brunnen geworfen, aber Coit Tower ist vielleicht eine Ausnahme. Um mit einem Aufzug nach oben zu fahren muessen Erwachsene $5 zahlen. Ich habe die Kosten wettgemacht, indem ich so viele Bilder wie moeglich aufgenommen habe.

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Coit Tower

Heute war ich mit einigen alten Klassenkameraden von mir auf einem Photo Shoot in San Francisco. Treffpunkt war Coit Tower. (Siehe obiges Bild) Danach sind wir zur "Crookedest Street" gefahren - die Lombard Strasse. Es war eine nette Veranstaltung. Das Mittagessen war allerdings ein bisschen teuer, aber was kann man vom Fisherman's Wharf erwarten?

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I went on a photo shoot with some old classmates of mine in San Francisco. We met up at Coit Tower. (See picture above). Afterwards we went to Lombard Street, aka the "crookedest" street in San Francisco. It was a nice event. Only the lunch was a bit expensive, but what can you expect from Fisherman's Wharf? My tip to any potential San Francisco tourists would be to avoid eating there if you can help it.