Eloquent Profanity

The Novotel Hotel where I stayed in Bern was directly across the street from the Bern Expo Center.  The training facility where I was teaching was in a commercial area about 1.5km away, but this was the closest hotel.  It was a nice walk and the weather, while cold, wasn't so bad, so I didn't need to take cabs to and from the class.

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Last week was the first of three in Europe for me, teaching classes for Hitachi Data Systems.  The overall itinerary looks like this:

24-Jan - Delta - MSY-ATL, ATL-CDG (arriving 25-Jan), Air France - CDG-GEN, then train from Geneva to Bern.
30-Jan - Inter-City SBB Train from Bern to Zurich, changing to OBB Euro-City Trans-Alpine Express to Vienna.
06-Feb - Air Berlin - VIE-TXL (Vienna-Berlin), TXL-ARN (Stockholm).
13-Feb - Air France - ARN-CDG, Delta - CDG-ATL, ATL-MSY

View from Gate E14, ATL

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As usual, when I'm traveling for work, there's often not a lot of time for sightseeing.  The plan for this particular trip was for me to leave on Friday, the day after class, heading for Vienna.  That meant I didn't get much more than a couple hours of daylight on Wednesday and Thursday. 

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Sausage, Egg, and Cheese biscuit from Popeye's Chicken

My flights today for the trip to San Diego were MSY-ATL, then ATL-SAN.  The flight from home to ATL parked at B6, and the one going west
departed from B31.  That meant I had to pass by Popeyes Chicken in the middle of "B."

To my knowledge the Popeyes at ATL "B" is the only one left in the country that still serves breakfast.  And that's a shame, because it's delish.  Just like with po-boys, a breakfast sandwich is all about the bread it's on.  Yes, I know Dunkin's bagels and croissants are pretty good, and I'm also partial to a Sausage McMuffin, but nothing beats a biscuit from Popeyes.

No, indeed not, and mainly because we don't live on a true calendar year here in New Orleans.  Christmas starts a celebratory time that rolls through New Year's to Twelfth Night and doesn't end until about 45 days later.  The climax is Mardi Gras!