Welcome to Friday night and the start of the weekend...

I am charging a camera battery at the moment and hoping to go and photograph a riot in Zürich tomorrow. There is always plenty of action to be seen on May 1st- burning cars, cobblestone and brick throwing, tear gas and water cannon. What more could a young man ask for?  :-)

Wouldn't you know it.......

the planets have aligned and the sun is shining- almost a perfect weekend here.... and I am suffering from the mother of all colds. It is gorgeous outside and all I want to do is go back to bed. I hate that!

I don't think that the SNB have made too many friends

in the last few days. They have certainly made life in the office pretty boring.......
On a brighter note, mungos will be mungos. :-)

Salad, ribs, rice.............. further questions?

Sitting here and enjoying a Schneider Weisse (one of the world's great wheat beers) and wondering why I have to go to work tomorrow when most of Zürich is having a day off  :-)

This volcano eruption has caused a nightmare

with air traffic being shut down over large parts of Europe and no-one is sure when things will return to some sort of normality. I have already heard talk of this being the great "global cooling" that the "global warmers" have been waiting on... at least I am not due on a plane next week.

Another one of those weeks.....

but at least tomorrow is the start of Panini season and most of Switzerland seems to be holding its collective breath. Let the madness begin!

Thanks H+C for a great dinner last night

we really enjoyed the wonderful food, lovely wines and of course the great company. I'm sure that you have both had a fantastic time out on the golf course today.
I need to get to the gym or maybe the pool a little later and I will try to take a few photos as well.
Good luck for the coming week.

Well, I survived. Richer for the experience and I think that it is something

that I will do on weekends for a while until I get the hang of things. It was fun to shave with a straight razor this morning and although the results aren't as good as I am used to, hopefully they will improve as time goes on.

I really enjoyed the curry and a few drinks last night

thanks Pipo and Pete. I hope that you guys enjoy your Easter weekend.
It was very nice to see the sun this morning and not have to rush out the door and head to the office. I will try to go for a swim in a little while and generally take it easy- maybe even have a chance to take a few photos.