still waiting for Santa to drop off my '00 x'mas gift....

but,
1. meeting Emailman (by FT luggage tag) and Rudi, the first encounter of FT'ers in my young life

at Zurich Airport last November
2. Dusseldorf meet at Bernie's
(Emailman and Rudi talked me into going)
3. joining Mr. and Mrs. Magic111 in AMS in Feb.
4. the funny funny posts sometime ago about men travelling by themselves (??? please could someone dig it up, would love to read them again!)