Author Archives: Michael Jago

Christmas market in Germany

After our enjoyable Christmas market in Lux on Friday, we decided to drive the 40 minute trip over the border to Trier, Germany tonight (Sunday). The weather wasn't great, (it drizzled for most of the night), but we were able … Continue reading

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Christmas Market in Luxembourg

Tonight (Friday night), Julie and I met Gab and her school friend Paulina in the city to check out the Luxembourg Christmas market. Christmas markets are simply a good excuse to get together and drink warm Gluhwein, (mulled wine). It was a fun … Continue reading

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Staff Christmas Party

  This week I was back in Willich Germany, from Wednesday for our year end sales meeting and finishing with our staff xmas party for 2009. It was held at a cooking school in Dusseldorf and turned out to be a … Continue reading

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This week in Belgium & Italy…

  This has been one of the busiest week in Europe since I arrived. Sunday I drove to Belgium for 2 days of dealer conference with our business partner, then on Thursday I flew to Italy to more meetings, this time with the … Continue reading

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Autumn stroll

Gab is on holidays this week and I had to spend Monday through Wednesday back in Willich Germany. Today, (after a morning of conference calls), Gab & I walked around to the shops to buy our daily baguette so I took … Continue reading

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Working in France

The day after the Saints disappointing Grand Final loss I was on a train to Nantes in France. It was a 5 1/2 hour train journey from Lux. 2 hours from Lux to Paris, then a metro train to change from Paris … Continue reading

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Saints in the Grand Final !!!

Saintersjpg Typically, in the year I leave Australia, my football team makes the Grand Final. Well done to the Saints for getting there, now come on Saturday. I will be up at 6am on Saturday morning to watch the game … Continue reading

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Beautiful Bruges (Dutch: Brugge)

I am now on a weeks holiday starting on Wednesday (Sep 9th) so Julie, Gabby and I drove to Brugge in Belgium, a drive of just under 3 hours from our place in Luxembourg. Brugge is sometimes referred to as the Venice … Continue reading

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Schueberfouer – Funfair in Luxembourg

For the past two weeks Schueberfouer has been running in Luxembourg. For those of you home in Melbourne, Schueberfouer is Luxembourgs version of the Melbourne show and it is held in the largest car park in Luxembourg, only 5 minutes … Continue reading

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Back in Willich Germany

party Last Thursday I drove back to Willich for a sales meeting with our complete team. We also had our summer party on Friday evening which Julie and Gabby attended with me. Here's a short video (taken by Gabby) from … Continue reading

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