Friday, July 25, 2008

A SUNNY DAY IN BEIJING?

Beijing, Day 4

Today the author of these lines spent most of his day moving from the hotel to a temporary apartment, meaning that there is one more move coming up, meaning that all the nicely ironed and folded clothes will undergo another packing and unpacking procedure (Trude, where are you???).


Benjamin, my flatmate from PresenceSuisse, just before our

fatal error.


My new location is quite close to the HoS, actually it looks that close on a map that Benjamin and myself thought it would be in walking distance. It actually was, but after 25 minutes in the local climate I looked like it was raining, and not 35° Celsius and “sunny”.


If you blow the picture up to the size of your screen you might

discover above the cranes a small, light dot. That is the sun.


Edwin Rudolf from Luzern Tourism, Olivier Roos from the Swiss Embassy,

and the author after the fatal error.


Tomorrow all team members who arrived with the first batch will be off, while the rest of the team is actually in the air at this moment, fresh and ready to join the workforce here which suffered already some minor injuries. But thanks to the modern communication devices, and our flexible team members back home we will get various creams, Antibrumm mosquito repellent, Fenistil in case Antibrumm does not work, Compeed anti blister treatments,…


Our motto, found somewhere in the streets of Beijing ?

(I hope the part which I cannot read contains no obscenities)



The House of Switzerland hosted the first bigger event which was held for all employees of the Swiss embassy and their families. Kitchen and service got a lot of compliments, and I must say: They deserve them as everything is well done!


The Swiss embassy enjoys the party.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi M du bist schon so groß und fährst in ein Land wo alle noch kleiner sind ^^ viel spaß da und lass mal was von dir hören
mfg René