"Quite alright." Richard gave Susan a small, grateful nod, sighed, and then took several swallows of his beer.
"Easier to say where I haven't been, probably. Even took a flight over the North Pole once, so I could at least say I'd been there, even if it was too cold to linger.
"Worked my way up to senior partner in International Exports. One of the old trading houses that has been around since the 1500s, you may have heard of them. Clients and customers all over the world. Once I diversified into project management, I spent a lot of the last few years in Dubai running a hotel build. Did consider going native there, but in the end I decided to come back to someplace that had a little weather, even if it was more rain than not. Pretty much any place you go they will treat you like one of their own if you speak the local language, respect the local culture. I speak a lot of different languages. My head is funny that way.