My company, Sogeti, has sent me to the beautiful county of France to attend a global enterprise SOA training from some of the folks at IBM.
So far, France is absolutely gorgeous. I braved the subway system with my friend Aaron Murrell, which was very humorous. We got a bit turned around a few times, but we eventually found our stop.
We noticed that people park crazy in Paris…
We went into Paris and tried to find a restaurant called Chartier, however we couldn’t locate the street. A quaint restarant called Le Flash caught our eye and we walked in. The owner greeted us with many french words (which I do not understand) and we had a fun time ordering our food and communicating with him. The food was excellent, the beer was even better, and the owner even played Alan Jackson for us, ha! I don’t care for country music, but it was funny and appreciated nonetheless.
We then took a taxi north to the city of Gouvieux where the corporate chateau resides. It really is breath-taking. It was built by Eiffel a long time ago, and is now home for our Capgemini University (well, the bar and dining area, that is).
We start our training tomorrow and I’m sure our day will be full of introductions and hands-on training.