After all the fun of the Autodesk World Cup in Bordeaux, it was off to London for my first-ever non-US Autodesk University. (I nearly made it to AU Sydney and AU India during last year’s big trip, but I somehow managed to miss both events by a week or so… next time we do a “once in a lifetime” trip I’ll be sure to check the AU international schedule when planning it. 😉
Arriving in London on Sunday morning, I had the chance to catch up with Simon, an old friend from university who lives and works near Windsor. On Monday we had the chance to grab a quick breakfast overlooking Windsor Castle before I headed across town to my hotel near the Tower of London. You can apparently tell that the Queen was in residence: the flag was flying above Windsor Castle.
The hotel I stayed at was the citizenM Tower of London. The chain had been recommended to me by Dieter Vermeulen, and I like it a lot. There were some really interesting touches, such as an internal courtyard with crazy,…