I guess this must be the place

Its Friday morning and we have been in Geneva since Wednesday afternoon - its been pretty much non-stop since we got here which is on the whole a good thing.... Geneva is a pretty cool, laid-back place - wandering in the evening one feels none of the sense of impending threat/peril that is a regular occurence when walking through Welling. Also I am yet to see a spotty 18 year old in a souped up Citroen Saxo with crappy LEDs embedded in the bonnet, generic 'crappy-house' blaring out, crusing up and down the main street in between last nights chip wrappers. Still, early days I guess.....

We were out for a few beers with the guys from Litasco last night - a very pleasant bunch and I was pleased to discover the newly installed head of operations is an ex-bp man like myself and a decent chap to boot. Tonight will probably be a few more light ales and hopefully a chance to relax.

The flat we are currently in is large but the bed is postage stamp sized and the Velux window has no blind or curtain so when the sun gets up - so do we! Ah well nothing like incentivising us to find a permanent home eh?

London? Missing the people not the place so far........

Getting ready!

The decisions and dramas of packing continue apace. To be honest Ive always taken a 'it'll be alright on the night' approach to packing - whatever we forget can be either retrieved at a later date or replaced with a local alternative as appropriate. Its not as though we are off to Mongolia say, or Chile - Geneva is but a short hop relatively speaking. For instance Welling to Inverness is 591 miles to drive whereas Geneva is 607 miles (source:Google maps). And in any case Im given to understand it to be a fairly civilised place. Well we shall see if they have HP sauce - surely a strong indicator of sophistication and modernity (Im packing a squeezy bottle just in case)

This will in any case be only phase 1 of the G&C to Geneva project. The father in law has floated the idea of allowing us to use his ultra-modern van for phase 2 which is excellent news. This will allow us to move just about all our junk so we better make sure we secure a decent sized flat to fit it all in (plus a spare room for visitors - yes that means you).

Anyway things may stall slightly today as a televised orgy of sport seems to be available for my viewing pleasure - there is the ODI againt the windies, the Monaco Grand prix and of course what SKY are calling 'Survival Sunday' in the premiership. As I say - it'll be alright on the night......