{"id":191,"date":"2020-02-10T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T04:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/2020\/02\/10\/2020-5-6-job-break-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2020-02-10T04:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T04:34:00","slug":"2020-5-6-job-break-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/2020\/02\/10\/2020-5-6-job-break-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"The job break trip to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It may have been too soon to take on a new role, 8 months after she died, but I really really wanted the job. A director, working remote, with the ability to work from anywhere, and the responsibility of redesigning 7 healthcare products – too good to pass up! But to be ready, I needed a break. So I left Splunk before Christmas and immediately bought a 1-way ticket to Milan.
The trip was loosely organized, and centered around friends with guest rooms. It was mostly restful – I listened to my emotions and my body each day as I made plans. I was gone for 3 weeks and a lot less than I normally would. What I did do is catch up with my friends, my reading and my sleep. Just so happened I was sleeping in some fabulous places! <\/p>\n

Gina and Matt in Turin, Italy<\/h2>\n

The trip started off with a rush, skiing in the Alps. Matt picked me up from Milan Malpensa and we went straight to the mountains. We were booted up the next day. I skied for 2 wobbly days and did a very, very necessary lesson. <\/p>\n

Back in Turin, I acted like the princess in the castle and left the house only to shop, walk or practice Italian at the local market. Aperol spritzes were mandatory every day at 4pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jess in Lucerne, Switzerland<\/h2>\n

Jess was in her final months in Lucerne, which is a handy 4 hour train ride from Turin. It was a dream come true to train through the mountains to see her. I even bought the tickets in person, in Italian! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We took advantage of the world famous transportation, going from Lucerne to Basel to Zurich and back on Saturday. On Sunday, we took a boat to a gondola to a cog railway. After a hike and a mineral bath, we took a gondola back to a bus and a train. Transportation heaven! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Family in Dublin, Ireland<\/h2>\n

I flew from Zurich to Dublin and was welcomed back into the mothership. This house hosted us the last time Rebecca was in Ireland and the memories are warm and positive. I had big plans to see people in Dublin, but quickly got overwhelmed. I had to pull back, head to the sofa and take it easy as the memories and grief swirled around. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I did some walks and workouts\u2026but mostly Irish TV and cups of tea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Portugal for a stopover<\/h2>\n

The cheapest flight to SF was through Lisbon. Rebecca spent time there opening a Minor Hotels property so I wanted to experience what she had told me about. I was moved to the hotels\u2019 best room and had a wonderful day roaming the city, shopping for pottery and drinking Belgian beer. It had so much in common with San Francisco; from the trams to the bridge, the hills and the weather. In the evening, I met up with Rebecca\u2019s former coworker in her historical home near the castle. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The in-between jobs break I needed and very much wanted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdhammer.com\/hammeraway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}