A Week in the Life of an Adobe Evangelist

I've heard many people tell our team that they would love to be on the evangelism team. It sort of sounds glamorous and full of adventure. This is half of the truth. The adventure is there but the downside is complete chaos. When my friends hear my schedule they get visions of me sitting around a sunny terrace in Southern Italy casually sipping a chilled pinot gris while relaxing. Below is the reality. I have removed various names to protect the identity of those who I meet with but this leaves you with the impression.

Duane's Schedule from Nov 13 to Nov 19 2010.

Saturday November 13, 2010

3:00 – Taxi to YVR airport
6:15 PM - Air Canada Flight Number: 854
Sleep on plane

Sunday November 14, 2010

11:50 - Arrive: London Heathrow, UK
15:25 - Lufthansa German Airlines Flight Number: 2477
18:15 - Arrive: Munich, Germany
18:40 - Taxi to hotel
19:00 - Check in to Hotel (Sofitel Munich Bayerpost)
19:30 Meet A.P. fur Abendessen.

Monday Nov 15, 2010

9:00 PK will pick me up from hotel, take me to Augsburg and back to Munich. 80 km drive.
10:00 – 12:00 Partner Meeting, Augsburg
12:00 - 13:00 Drive back to Munich
14:00 – 16:30 Second Meeting
16:10 - Taxi back to Hotel
18:15 - Leave for UG meeting in Taxi 15 min
19:00 - Munich Flex UG
Adobe Munich office
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 58
(anyone is welcome to come to this meeting!)
21:00 After meeting activities.
24:00 - back to hotel

Tuesday Nov 16
07:45 - awake and packed
08:30 Check out of Hotel & walk to Munich hauptBahnhof
08:55 Travel from Munich to Frankfurt 8:55 ICE 724 to Frankfurt
12:07 – Arrive Frankfurth HBh
12:30 - taxi to meeting
13:00 – 16:00 Partner Meeting
16:00 - Taxi to Frankfurt HBh
17:17 Dept., ICE 814 to Cologne (1:22)
18:39 Arrive Cologne HBH – Taxi to UG meeting
19:00 PM – Cologne Flex UG meeting
Adobe Cologne office
Anna-Scheider-Steig 10
(Note: this is an open User Group meeting - please join me)

21:00 - 24:00 After UG meeting activities (eat, drinks)
24:00 - Go to Hotel:
art'otel cologne, by Park Plaza
Holzmarkt 4, Cologne, Germany 50676,

Wednesday Nov 17

07:30 – leave for Cologne HBh.
08:10 - ICE 616 Cologne Dept. 8:10 to Essen HBh
Taxi to Meeting place(15 Min)
9:30 – 12:00 Meeting
12:00 – Taxi to HBH
12:59 - Train (ICE 510) Travel from Essen Station to Frankfurt Airport
17:20 PM – Lufthansa German Airlines Flight Number: 276
Depart: Frankfurt, Germany 5:20 Pm November 17, 2010
Arrive: Milan Linate, Italy 6:30 Pm November 17, 2010
19:00 - get bags and take taxi to hotel
19:30 - Check in Art Hotel Navigli (2 nights)
Via Angelo Fumagalli 4
20143 Milan, Italy

Thursday Nov 18

08:00 - awake and ready to travel
10:00 – 14:00 Meetings
14:00 - 15:00 Taxi to different meeting area
15:00 – 18:00 Meetings
18:30 - back to Hotel

Friday Nov 19

04:00 - awake
05:00 - Check out of hotel - taxi to Malpensa Airport
7:10 AM - Lufthansa German Airlines Flight Number: 3770
Depart: Milan Malpensa, Italy 7:10 Am November 19, 2010
08:05 Arrive: London Heathrow, UK
13:00 – LHR to YVR Air Canada 855
15:00  - Arrive: Vancouver, Canada 3:00 Pm November 19, 2010
Total Flight Time: 10 Hours 0 Minutes Non-Stop


OK - that is this week. Next week starts again at 04:00 AM Monday with a trip to Ottawa, CA.  This is an average week in the life of an Adobe Evangelist.

Don't try this at home or at all. 

;-)