A Passport is a Girl's Best Friend

This week was busy with work for both D and I, but we found time to have some adventures. I made it my goal to find some great coffee shops to work in during the week to change up my working environment outside of our apartment. Monday First day with this weird new schedule. Today I spent a few hours in Plüsch Café Bar working. It is very trendy cafe decorated with modern minimalist decor, but still feels cozy and comfortable, and they can make a darn good latte. Another plus, it is 2 very short blocks from our apartment. Later that night I met up with D and some of his coworkers for drinks downtown at The International Beer Bar. D, of course, was super excited to continue his quest for unusual foreign beers, and I was rather excited to find really good ciders. Welcome to my office The view from our window Tuesday I walked over to Café New Zealand on Langstrasse, near the HB in search of my next coffee house. I was not disappointed; fantastic traditional NZ coffe...

(note: Please read the next sentence in Robin Williams, RIP, radio voice from  Good Morning Vietnam.* )  Goooooooooooooooooood morning SWITZERLAND!!!!!!!!! An opportunity came up a few months back for D to go to a conference in Barcelona, which we planned to go on together and turn into a vacation (because, we are really really good at that). Before heading to Spain, D was going to go work in the Zurich office for a week before I met up with him in Spain thinking that I wouldn't be able to swing the first part of the trip. Somehow, I managed to get permission to work from Zurich for a week (?!?!?!) and so here we are, again. This week will not be as exciting as previous trips, because, poor me, I will actually be working. Although, I am going to be on an east coast schedule and be working from 12 - 9pm, leaving my mornings open for adventure in the crisp fall air. I really do love this time of year. Home for 6 days D flew out on company time, and has been here fo...