… well, one anyway. To round out a sudden rush of weekend escapes, Claudia and I spent the second weekend in May in Geneva, visiting with her friend Laurence. On our first day we climbed the local Jura mountain, and on the second we explored Geneva proper. I have to say, I was deeply impressed by the life-style on offer there. Laurence was living in a beautiful apartment in a secluded and quiet corner literally 2 minutes from the central railway station (which is 10 minutes from the airport by train). The city itself is green and pedestrian friendly and strangely reminiscent of Wellington with it’s quiet cafes, beautiful lakeside setting and surrounding steep hills.

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After a rather stressful first month in my new contracting role, it was a relief to escape London fin the first weekend in May to visit a surprisingly transquil and verdant Holland. I was there primarily to catch up with an old friend from New Zealand, Leonie. Leonie is one of the HVHS gang from high-school days. She was over in the Netherland on a four week holiday to visit with friends and family. We found plenty of time for sight-seeing however, and with the help of Leonie’s friend Johan who lives in Rotterdam, we visited the Keukenhof tulip gardens, Haarlem and the sites of Rotterdam.

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