This morning I am tasting the delights of Ryanair, (thankfully not their cuisine), for the first time in about 3 years as I fly to London from Biarritz. Once again I have to conclude that they are bang on time, they do what it says on the tin, and that even with a screaming baby next to me (my niece), the journey has been good. Air France et al could definitely take a leaf or two out of their much maligned book (read “Ruinair” for more details http://www.amazon.com/Ruinair-Paul-Kilduff/dp/0717144348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343039270&sr=8-1&keywords=ruinair). On arrival I’ll take the train to Liverpool Street. I’ll be in London today, travel to Paris tomorrow night for the rest of the week, and then on Friday night I’ll fly to Milan for a friend’s wedding on Saturday. Needless to say it was my 22 year old female au pair, not me, who pointed out this morning that I was doing all of Europe’s fashion capitals this week…
As much as I’m looking forward to the different parts of this particular trip, I doubt whether any of them will be as lucrative as last week’s visit to Madrid. I took my new boss down to Madrid last Thursday to meet my Spanish team. As a surprise they had organized a night out at the horse racing. It was a really fantastic idea – the guys had obviously picked up on my love of the four legged animals. We had drinks and tapas followed by racing that started (started!) at 10.30PM. We stayed for the first three races and I had two winners which enabled me to pocket a healthy 45 euros! Crisis? What crisis? More importantly was that we had a really good night together and that I think the team really appreciated some good quality “down time” with the big boss (Lorenzo that is, not me!).
As much as I’m looking forward to the different parts of this particular trip, I doubt whether any of them will be as lucrative as last week’s visit to Madrid. I took my new boss down to Madrid last Thursday to meet my Spanish team. As a surprise they had organized a night out at the horse racing. It was a really fantastic idea – the guys had obviously picked up on my love of the four legged animals. We had drinks and tapas followed by racing that started (started!) at 10.30PM. We stayed for the first three races and I had two winners which enabled me to pocket a healthy 45 euros! Crisis? What crisis? More importantly was that we had a really good night together and that I think the team really appreciated some good quality “down time” with the big boss (Lorenzo that is, not me!).
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