Apologies for a late posting again, the reason is I am recovering from my trip to the land of the Alps and I’m still shaking the sleep from my head.

I had a really excellent trip which definitely fit the description “Here today, gone tomorrow” as I put it to the ultra neat and very stunning looking hotel receptionist.  Trying my faulty French made me feel like a fool for not paying more attention when I was in school, not least when I discovered that German is the main language in the area.  Her flawless English saved me and a perfectly plucked eyebrow raised as she looked up at me when my occupation was entered as “writer”.  I gave her my best smile and no word of a lie, she advised it was a shame I was only staying for such a short time. 

Please! Be still my beating heart!!

If only I’d ever known the impact that the answer to “What do you do?” had been “Writer” I would have had far more success with the opposite sex in my life in a cutting notches in the headboard kind of fashion.

I met my client who is looking for a series of eBooks on a variety of subjects as well as some copy work for company promotion and marketing.  This was one of the very few instances of actually meeting my client face to face; more usually, a telephone call is the best it gets.  In this case, the contract is for a substantial period of time and a significant investment is being made by the client and she wanted to do a “face check” as she sweetly put it.  It was not a hard decision to make the trip as it was after all her dime as Michael would say, but necessary? Hardly.

While over there I took the time to take a wander around the place and looked up some of the tourist attractions as well as learning about a few quirky facts; did you know Toblerone was invented in Berne a century ago?  I didn’t but I’m glad I know now.  The upshot is that though the trip was brief, there was a lot of dead time which I wished could have been frittered away with Ms Plucked Eyelashes given the absence of a certain Russian lady of my unrequited acquaintance.  Unfortunately, time was more productively applied to learning about the place and I am now preparing a series of travel/tourist articles on the city for a UK client who I made a deal with when I found where I was heading. 

It’s nice to get paid twice for your time.

No matter where you are, you can always work - if you have to!

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