Vacations are Cozy!

We just returned from a little over 2 weeks in Europe. We got back from our trip to Switzerland and Spain this past Thursday night around 11pm, got to bed around 1am and were both in the office the next day at 8:30am. Sounds crazy? Actually it was the best thing to do. Helped to get us right back into the swing of things. Today is Saturday and since we’ve already dipped our toe into the work well so we don’t have to “anticipate” any of that and can just spend the weekend both recuperating and remembering all the great times we just had! Lets start at the beginning – Zurich (above).

Cheers Barcelona, we’ll catch up with you in a bit…
When 3 of Mark’s best friends announced they were having a big joint birthday bash beginning of September we knew we had to be there! We arrived in Zurich Wednesday late afternoon and spent the next couple days hanging out in the city and visiting friends before the party on Saturday night. The guys had rented out Cabaret Voltaire – a super cool club originating back to 1916 where the Dada movement was formed. Marc and his friends had had their own “Dead Poet’s Society” years ago so this place fit the bill perfectly!The original cabaret featured spoken word, music and dance. The “Devo” like photo is Hugo Ball, one of the founders performing at the club. Other artists who visited included Paul Klee, Kandinsky and Max Ernst.The party was great but HOT. Air conditioners? Who needs ‘em (same goes for fans…). Europe was experiencing an unusual heatwave and this lasted for our entire trip! Party people outside to try and catch some post rain coolness or just catch a smoke. I am VERY happy not to be around so many smokers anymore. That took some getting used to. It didn’t take any time getting used to the drinks, dancing and people – but you probably knew that…
We spent the following day (Sunday) recuperating from the night before by walking around the city getting some fresh air and doing a lot of window shopping (heck, its Europe – everything, including the grocery stores are closed!). Zurich has it’s fair share of fabulous stores (Hermes, Prada, Grieder (Swiss answer to Barney’s) as well as 2 great department stores Globus and Jelmoli – which has a huge Zara incorporated into it which was great but I was bummed my dollar was worth so little – no shopping for me! So when shopping fails there is always nature and the lake is quite beautiful!
An early dinner that night with Martin and Bridgette before we left early the next day (ugh, a 7:30am flight) for Barcelona. Martin, you never fail us, always a fun and delicious evening!
Up next: Barcelona here we come!