First Trip to Baku — 2 Day Two
An update from Baku. — Food first — yesterday, I tried one of the traditional dishes and cannot remember the name, but it was like a dumpling with ground chicken or perhaps chicken sausage inside and served with a small cup of vinegar. Not my thing…like a potsticker or chicken dumpling! The vinegar didn’t help. So, I won’t be ordering it again. I had spaghetti...
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This will be a shorter post today with a few observations. The light bulbs have been flashing on! There is such great energy and enthusiasm now that the various offices are beginning to understand how quality data and sound business processes will help them. There seems to be a genuine interest in learning and in doing the right thing! They are learning at an amazing speed and learning about the...
Read MoreFirst Trip to Baku — 6 Day Six
I have way too many photos now for FB, so will dole them out or make an album or maybe just throw them all out at one time. š What an amazing week…very productive, very informative and a wonderful experience with an absolutely dedicated, loyal and great group of administrators and staff at ADA University! Now about food…Presentation is always interesting and artistic. We had a great...
Read MoreFirst Trip to Baku — 3 Day Three cont
Yesterday was a busy “business” day. Lots of listening to the consultant talk about Banner functionality and not much else. We have had lunch each day in the student cafeteria, mainly because it has been raining so much and it’s only a short dash to the next building. This food is a blend of hot and cold foods and includes pizza and french fries if you want. I also found my...
Read MoreFirst Trip to Baku — Day of First Impressions
Bedding materials for the flight to Baku. A very entertaining bathroom etiquette sign found in the ladies room at the University. I especially like the part about not washing your feet in the sink and lifting the seat and aiming! Third is dinner on Monday…chicken Levangi and rice in pastry.
Read MoreFirst Trip to Baku — The Return
We stayed up all night Friday so that we would be awake for the 3 a.m. pickup at the hotel and return to the Heydar Aliyev Airport, a beautiful, state-of-the art facility! It really does make many ofĀ ourĀ airports look antique. There is a building that is either executive offices or some other facility that looks likeĀ a wedding cake with brilliant lights. Security at the airport is quite...
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