Big meeting day ...

Today saw the WBF Meeting of Congress, attended by a record number of delegates from the competing countries here in Beijing. The meeting went well, and was rounded off nicely by a very enjoyable cocktail party (they do know how to do good food here !) ... it was great to have a chance to talk to the respresentatives of some of the NBOs and to socialise with them for once. It is also lovely for me to have the chance to put some "faces to names" as I communicate with so many of them by email on a regular basis but often haven't the faintest idea what they look like. And even, I confess, whether they are a man or a woman, as some of the names are so very different to the names I am used to! I have had one or two surprises in the past, expecting to meet a man only to find out it was a woman - very disconcerting I can tell you.

Anyway hopefully I have managed to persuade a few more countries to join us for the World Wide Bridge Contest in June, which would be fun !

I have taken one or two photographs around the place - nothing exciting, but if you want to look at them, I have uploaded them to my flickr account and have added some descriptions to tell you what and where they are.

tonight is the 50th Anniversary Dinner - the WBF is 50 years old this year - and I will try and take a few pictures there and put them up. But that also means that I am typing very fast at the moment as I need to go and change and put my "posh frock" on !! And maybe even treat myself to a bit of eye makeup !

Mark and I got our webcams working today as well, so now he is in real trouble if I don't see him in the office in the mornings ... he may live to regret having done that :-) ... 

Now I must go and change ! more tomorrow ...