Lukes Lewis:  

Once I graduated from San Diego State in 1993 (yes, I took my time...), I moved to New York and worked for five years before the company I was working with gave me the opportunity to move overseas. They offered me Russia, Poland, or Romania. I chose Romania (because the Client was supposed to be a star - and he was) and worked in Bucharest for two years. Those two years are some of the most fun I have ever had. We all had a bit of money (unlike when I was scratching by in NY), there were no rules, the people were absolutely wonderful, and the country is really dramatic and beautiful. I met my wife in Romania (she was an account executive in the same Agency) and we had a really great wedding and Transylvanian honeymoon with 20 of our friends and family who made the trip out. After Romania I moved to Moscow. Also great fun, with weekends spent in the antique markets picking up old Persian rugs and 18th century Icons, eating Beluga caviar on toast and drinking a lot of vodka. Other than the internal flying (on 40 year old Soviet YAKS) it was a blast. Then my company asked me to go to Geneva in 2002. It was a lovely spot, but not as exciting as Eastern Europe. I was there for a year and...Expand for more