Monthly Archives: July 2007

At lunchtime today, I met my landlady and she finally gave me the keys to the apartment. There was a postcard in the letter box telling me that the startup package for the Internet was waiting for me at the … Continue reading →

On Friday, our team were all called into a meeting with the Vice President responsible for us. He had noticed that all was not well on our team – poor morale etc. and wanted to know what he should do … Continue reading →

After the mega travels of yesterday, I decided to have a fairly quiet and uneventful day today. I have spent a lot of time just reading and drinking tea. I went out to the airport at lunch time, just for … Continue reading →

I decided to go on my longest railway journey in Switzerland yet, to St Moritz, the famous winter sports resort. Wasn’t quite sure what I would find there in Summer. Some of the journey down was on territory I have … Continue reading →

I just spent an hour at the bank this morning trying to sort out the payment for my rent. Incredibly frustrating. Apparently the “account opening” dept did not receive all of the necessary paperwork when my account was opened! As … Continue reading →

I was taken out for lunch today by the lady from my employment agency. She just wanted to see how I was getting on, so that she could have a meaningful conversation with the folks at Credit Suisse, as I … Continue reading →

I’ve been to the cinema to see the 5th Harry Potter film tonight. I almost discovered what time the last train back from Dietlikon is! Good day at work. This morning, my boss and I went to a meeting at … Continue reading →

I have started to let everyone know that I am moving, so that they can amend their address details. It’s amazing how many people need to know, even though I have only been here for a short time. I have … Continue reading →

I took the afternoon off work on Friday, so I could catch the early flight back to London, and so onto Reading for my first weekend back home with the family. Unfortunately, they had some REALLY serious floods in UK … Continue reading →

It was SO muggy as I came out of work tonight. The lake was beckoning me from afar. I could not resist the temptation to go and plunge myself into the wonderful refreshing water. I caught a train south around … Continue reading →