It has been a very busy month at work – which explains why my blog has come to an absolute standstill. We at a very busy stage of the project, which means that there isn’t much time to focus on putting together entries for the blog – but I am also travelling constantly. Last week was Paris, London, and Zurich. This week is Paris, Zurich, Geneva, and Barcelona.

Luckily, most of the travel is by train, so it isn’t nearly as stressful as if I were constantly having to catch flights all around the world. But there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight, at least not before August. In August, all of Europe goes on holiday at once, so there should be a brief respite before things pick up again in September.

More and more of the travel will be to Barcelona as the project progresses – not a bad place to spend the summer and autumn, as the hotel is right on the beach and the weather will hopefully remain good.

The Swiss office has a big marketing department. We took advantage of some of the props to take a few photographs.

And yes, this is as fun and exciting as tax gets.

One of my team members posing with a marketing bear

The team poses with the bear. You can tell the consultants from the clients — check out who’s wearing jackets!

More team photos

My team thought that it would be funny to replace me with a jackass. I don’t know what they were trying to imply.

View out the office window. You don’t get views like this in downtown London or Paris!

View out the office window. You don’t get views like this in downtown London or Paris!