• Question: Do you get to travel aroung the world? And if so where?

    Asked by emma7890 to Amanda, Ben, Dan, Gary, Samer on 18 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by lilethan, samsacheesetoastie, cakeisyummy.
    • Photo: Ben Drumm

      Ben Drumm answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      Some engineers do, some don’t. I’ve been lucky – I’ve gone to Spain, New York, France on several occasions and through the sports society at work I went to Barbados.

      Travelling can be overrated though – sometimes you get in a plane, then get in a taxi, then have a meeting, then go back to the airport in a taxi, then go home i.e. you’ve not really gone and explored the country – you may as well have been at home! I always try and take some annual leave if the company lets me go abroad so I can have a holiday too when I’m out there 🙂

    • Photo: Amanda Lewin

      Amanda Lewin answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      I get to travel around the UK quite a lot. I have jobs in Bristol, Newcastle and Guilford at the moment and I will need to visit the constructions sites once a month once they start building. We bid for work all over including Ireland and Europe and we currently have a job in Malaysia although I’m not working on it personally so I won’t get to go 🙁 The best trip I got to go on was a conference in Australia where I got to stay in a really posh hotel for a week. .

    • Photo: Gary Boorman

      Gary Boorman answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      I’m lucky – I do. USA, Japan, France, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Netherlands.
      But, since I’m there for work, I actually have to do some work. Like Ben, I usually try to stay for an extra day or two to explore. Travelling is hard work, particularly when crossing many time zones (USA is 5 to 7 hours behind the UK, Japan about 9 hours ahead).

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