The World According to Mitch

It occurred to me that thanks to the US Government (and my wacky travel schedule) 2008 is the first year that I have ' sprung forward ' twice. I am of course referring to the fact that North America switched from Daylight Savings to Standard (or is it the other way around... I never remember...

I got to Sweden on Tuesday and it did not take me an hour to be fleeced by a taxi driver (A four minute taxi ride from the Kista subway station to the Microsoft office which was not my intended destination cost me 195SEK, or about USD$33).  Later in the evening I was speaking with one of the clerks...

I arrived in Sweden on Tuesday on a Lufthanza plane filled with a Canadian hockey team coming to play a tournament here.  Good luck Canada! Getting to my hotel was a little tricky.  Fortunately there is a great tourist information counter at Stockholm/Arlanda airport which pointed me in the...