Always look at the bright side of life

The first trip in quite a long time for Markus turned out to be some kind of odyssey. While the transfer to Zurich airport conducted by Werner was perfectly timed, the flight departure was already delayed by 15 minutes, which per se is not so bad. Unfortunately though the traffic situation above Heathrow caused further delay and 15 additional minutes in the holding pattern. As obviously many people prolonged their long weekend - Monday was a UK bank holiday - and returned only Tuesday evening, the airport was very busy and so Markus was happy to join a long queue for immigration and passport control, losing another 15 minutes. Once he has found his driver - which cost additional 5 minutes - he was hoping for a swift transfer to his hotel and it all started pretty well. His luck lasted for mere 5 minutes as the M4 inbound London was completely jammed due to lots of traffic and intense road works which lead to the driver using an alternative route which was - what a surprise - also blocked due to heavy traffic. After 1 hour and 45 minutes and a tour through areas of London Markus has never ever seen before and in which he would not have wanted to be kicked out of the car he finally reached his hotel shortly before midnight.

With such a start to the trip it can only get better or one simply changes the perception: Today it only started raining AFTER Markus reached to the office at 0645, he managed to take advantage of two rain breaks to dash out and grab some sandwiches WITHOUT getting wet and by the time he heft the office and went to Regent Street for some baby-shopping the rain has ended for the day. What more can one expect?

Jakob, Kerstin & Markus