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Back in Venice

When I got back from last November’s company trip to Venice, I said to Mrs G that I would take her back. Next thing I know, she’s booked the tickets.
So this weekend, I went back.
What did I discover?
- Harry’s Bar is a tourist trap with over-priced drinks.
- Venice is eerie in thick fog.
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It’s our business to deliver yours

Or so say TNT. Well, it’s this guy’s business to tool around the canals of one of the world’s most gorgeous cities in the courier’s equivalent of a Sunseeker 50. The only fly in the ointment? His arch nemesis, the FedEx guy, has a very similar looking boat, though it’s not quite as cool in […]

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Open your eyes to Pollock

During our recent trip to Venice a surprising number of us managed to make it past the bars and as far as the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Peggy Guggenheim was the grand-daughter of mining magnate Meyer Guggenheim, the Swiss patriarch of the phenomenally wealthy Guggenheim family. She was also the neice of Solomon Robert Guggenheim the famous […]

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Visit Venice

When our CEO suggested taking the company to Venice for a few days it seemed like a good idea. It’s been a busy year, everyone’s put in a huge amount of effort so lets get together, get away from the office, go wild…. in Venice?
To be honest it seemed like a slightly strange choice. Not […]

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