Yes, I’m on the road again, this time on the other side of the Atlantic in Belgium visiting a prospective customer. This is my first time flying Air Transat and I must say that I was very pleased with the service althrough the space for the seats is a little small. This is the first time that I see a company customizing the background of the flight plan display software that runs in the main cabin. It adds a nice touch to the package.

I am staying in the small town of Waterloo, about 20 minutes south of Brussels driving, right next to a big hill called “La Butte du Lion” which was raised in honor of one of the wounded generals during the battle of Waterloo in 1815. Because of this famous battle, many things around here refer to Napoleon or other historic figures.

My main beef with this place is the lack of organization of taxis. On the first morning to go to work, I went to the front desk and asked for a cab. The lady looked at me a bit doubtfully, saying that I would be lucky to get a cab. Thankfully, one came by and I managed to get to the customer site on time. When I got back to the hotel that night, I reserved a cab for the next morning to be sure that I would arrive on time. However, that cab arrived late so I missed my appointment with the customer! I was really not impressed.

Once the week of work was completed, I got to go visit the town on the week-end. The main thing I saw was the new Le Monde Miroir d’Astérix exhibit. They had many nice displays and a lot of nice toys that were made over the years. I also visited the Grande Place of course and enjoyed a nice beer over there. I also got myself a beer glass from a great beer called Kwak. This will sit nicely in my collection.

Today marks Évelyne’s first birthday. We celebrated a few days in advance with the family on Thanksgiving Monday but today is the actual day. You can see some pictures of her eating her birthday cake in our new photo album. Her presents includes a lot of nice books, a bit of clothing, a box of legos and an activity table. We also got her the Cinderella DVD after the fact.

You might have noticed that Nayanna.biz was offline during the long Thanksgiving week-end (Canadian Thanksgiving that is). This was due to a server change on my hosting service that I was not aware of. I have reconfigured everything and the whole site should now be up and running.

While I was working on the site, we have now moved our Photo Album to be seen directly on our web server. They were previously on a free server in the UK which is why there were ads on the side. All pictures are now hosted on flickr, a Yahoo service. Not all pictures are there yet but they will be soon.