https://shiv.me/tags/france/ Recent content in France on Shivanand Velmurugan — Product leader. Systems thinker. Hugo en © Shivanand Velmurugan Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://shiv.me/posts/2009/a-week-in-strasbourg/ Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://shiv.me/posts/2009/a-week-in-strasbourg/ <p>After several no-vacation years, I ended 2008 with a (short) trip to Strasbourg, France. For much of the last year, I have started doing things that I have abandoned in the last 8 years. The year has been quite eventful, much of it not evident from the lack of posts (which I hope to correct this year).</p> <p>After a frantic last-minute scramble for the visa, I managed to get to Strasbourg. I managed to escape the <a href="http://mybootsnme.blogspot.com/2009/01/snowfall-record-for-vancouver-british.html">record-breaking snowfall</a> in Vancouver. Strasbourg was cold, really cold, but is quite beautiful during the Christmas week.</p>