There has been a lack of activity in the blog the last two months. In other words, time to summarize some highlights.
In the end of January, and also later in February, our friend Rita from St Petersburg visited us and spent some nice days here. Among many things, we went for a Schumann concert in Tonhalle.
Sasha and Ira from Moscow were also here for a full day and we did some proper sightseeing, including lunch at Zeughauskeller, in order to see what there is to see in Zurich in one day.
Rasmus was here last weekend and the main event was a trip to Geneva and the Motor Show. None of us had been to a Motor Show like that before and it was a nice visit. We took a walk in the city center before going back to Zurich. Our old Saab is still moving but it is getting closer to retirement and we are keeping our eyes open for a good replacement. After the car inspection in May we will know how urgent it is. If it passes the inspection without major issues we might wait until next year. The car tax is getting more expensive next year for big and strong cars, so there might be a price drop for heavy BMW X5’s and Volvo XC90’s with powerful engines. This X5 in Emmen is representing the X5 option at the moment meanwhile there are also XC90s available, e.g. this D5 Executive from 2008.
This weekend we went to Grüsch, on the way to Klosters and Davos, about an hour from Zurich. They had a festival on the top of the mountain and many of my team members from work went as well. It was a nice evening and felt very much like a Swiss country side festival. We stayed at the local hotel and went back to Zurich at lunch time today. We did not go skiing this weekend since Tanya has caught a cold. After taking a a walk with Freja, I am now watching an entertaining bandy final via TV4 Play. It’s a pity VSK could not make it to the final this year but I will follow VIK in the playoffs via Viaplay.se.
At the moment there is a lot of work for my team and this week was another 70 hour week. Not very sustainable in the long run so that is something to keep an eye on. New attempt next week.