Our flight from Los Angeles was easy and uneventful. We arrived in London on a greyish afternoon.  We caught a cab into town from Heathrow. We were surprised at how long it took from the airport to the city center.  We were booked wat the Coventry Court Hotel which is close to St. Paul’s Cathedral […]

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Good afternoon all,   Today is our last day in Madrid before heading back home tomorrow.  Tom Shymanski advised me  to enjoy myself and forget about having to go home, so I am going to "live in the moment" for the rest of the trip. But first I need to dive into the past and tell you […]

Good morning everyone.  It's Thursday in Madrid, and we are getting ready to catch a train to Valencia.  There is a new ultra-fast train service between Valencia and Madrid that gets you there in about 90 minutes, so we thought we check out the city, have a paella in its ancestral home, and bounce back […]

Good morning from Madrid.  It's Wednesday morning, and although we have two more full days of fun here, I am beginning to get that nagging feeling that our trip is coming to an end.  I think it was my brother Don who said that he doesn't even like to go to Hawaii because he gets […]

Good morning from Madrid.  It's Tuesday morning at about 10:00 a.m. and I am a bit nervous.  Cath is still sound asleep (these Madrid hours are tough!) and we only have until 11:00 a.m. to get downstairs and sample the reportedly delicious Palace hotel breakfast buffet.  I have the windows open hoping to gently wake […]

Good morning from Madrid.  It's Monday, the last day of our Ford Focus Global Drive. No events today; just breakfast and transfers to the airport for those who are leaving right away.  We will be here for a few more days so we didn't need airport service.  We have had such a great time these […]

Good morning all.  It's just a bit before 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, day 3 of our Ford Focus Global Drive trip.  Last night was the awards party up in the Skynight Lounge atop our hotel. It is a very cool Euro style room that looks like it would be entirely open in warmer weather. Here […]

Good afternoon  from Madrid!  It's the afternoon of Day 2 of our trip.  When we last signed off from you we were about to descend to lobby to attend the big welcome dinner for all of the program participants.  I left my camera in the room so I don't have any visuals for you this […]

Great scene at this super cool bar. #focusglobaldrive