Brazil – Bay Area – Scotland

I returned from my six week journey from Germany to Brazil over the Bay Area to Scotland and finally back home :wave: 

## Abril Pro Ruby Conf

![Abril Pro Ruby](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/95788/3208947/cd83e150-ee4e-11e3-8078-6ecfc03c5e67.png)

I visited Porto de Galinhas for Abril Pro Ruby Conf. What a beautiful place. Those days featured for example:

* Meeting amazing people
* Giving a talk at a great conference
* Scuba Diving
* Swimming with lots and lots of fish
* A nice evening with two amazing people drinking a fine whisky

## A month in the Bay Area

I visited all those big cities in the Bay Area. It's a nice area to visit (but one I would never want to live in). I worked remotely from there and gave some talks, but also had some time to look at some of the sights there :wink:

One highlight was visiting a new friend I made in Brazil in Truckee – spent a weekend there and then visited Reno to give another talk at a usergroup.

##  Roadtrip through Scotland

Three friends of mine and I went on a roadtrip through Scotland. That was amazing. We met up in Edinburgh, spent a few days there. This city is so beautiful, I can't believe it.

We continued on to Grantown on Spey. This little city is in the middle of both the Cairngorms National Park and the whisky region Speyside. So there was a lot of beautiful landscapes and a lot of really amazing whiskys. And the B&B was so good – oh my. This breakfast will haunt me in my dreams. Trips included Loch Ness and a lot of other nice landmarks and historical places.

After another 5 days in the Speyside, we continued our journey to Aberfoyle in the middle of Trossachs National Park.

This was a lot to see for just 10 days. Wow.