France 2006: Paris - Mint Directors' Conference...

"The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking..." - Eckhart Tolle

(Night view of the Eifel Tower)

I was in Paris for the Mint Directors' Conference with a a few delegates from the PRI. After the conference, the participants took the train to Bordeaux for a few site visits. From Bordeaux I flew to Vienna, Australia for a working to Austrian Mint.

Dear hubby flew in and met me in Vienna for a week holiday.    

30 April 2006
Day-1 : Cruise on the Seine

All the conference venues and exhibition rooms were at Hotel de la Monnaie. Global and Technical sessions were held in the Dupre room, Marketing sessions were in the Museum’s conference room. The participants were provided with a welcome pack and later we visited the museum for the exhibition of CRO coins. Later in the evening we had dinner cruise with music on the Seine River.

(The grand opening ceremony)

1 May 2006
Day-2 : Dinner with George Bush Sr.

(Dinner in the palace)

The opening ceremony was grand. The first session started at 10.30 followed by the visit of Monnaie de Paris’ facility. Lunch was hosted by Munze Osterreich. After lunch there was a photo session of all the Mint Masters. Afternoon sessions were technical and heavy.At 7 p.m. we gathered for departure to Chateau de Versailles. Dinner was hosted by Poongsan with a concert at the Chateau with a mandatory black tie dress code. Guest of honor was George Bush Sr.

(On the River Cruise)

2 May 2006
Day-3 : Lunch with the Minister

The morning started with internal affairs session for MDC members only followed by concurrent global, technical and marketing sessions. At 11.45 a.m. the participants gathered for departure to the Ministry of Finance where we had lunch with the Finance Minister. After the afternoon sessions we departed for the Salons de Boffrand de la Presidence du Senat for dinner hosted by Saxonia Eurocoin.

(Dark sky in Paris)

4 May 2006

Day-3 : Goodbye Paris, hello Bordeaux

The morning started with 2nd internal affairs session followed by the plenary session and flag ceremony. We had free time for lunch and later at quai de Conti to depart for the Montparnasse station. We boarded the TGV train to our next destination.

The Journey to Love

The path to true love can often be

Long, winding and somewhat rocky

The journey can be easy at times,

But difficult at others.

The journey can be short for some,
But long for others.

The journey will never be the same for each other,

Because every one of us is different.

None of us will ever know what this path is like

Until we have to travel it ourselves.

(Sharon L Norris)

👈 2006: Bordeaux, France

2006: Bali, Indonesia 👉