:: the weekend rundown::

gareth (pie and sauce thanks mate) edwards arrived in town on thursday night for a brief sabatical and obviously by sabatical i am referring to pints...

after easyjet (not worth placing the hyperlink behind the text) arrived 1 hour late and after we made it down to barfi for a few bevies before retiring home.

i attended a product launch for a new herbicide we are putting on market by end of the year - aside from the fanfare of it all, it was an exciting thing to watch as the company has reduced the length of time it takes to get a product to market, and this particular product will really make a dent in the market...

so skipping out of work after this we made our way down to the rhein for a few beers in the sun, i introduced gareth to the joy of a frickadellen - this pleasure is a greasy fatty meatball, reminiscient of a rissole - cheap and terrible for you, but god it taste good...

up to bar rouge for a view of the city and en route we passed a huge anus complete with sphincter and rectum - this eyesore is a promo for the art festival here at the moment and infact you can go to different parts of the arse and drink at different bars - as tasty as the anus bar sounds, we skipped out this time...

some pictures so you don't think i am just making this stuff up...(Can you imagine it, "Neil, I will meet you at the colon around 9pm...I told Gareth I will meet him at the anus by 10...")




pics courtesy (i hope) of pintel
A few drinks up the top of bar rouge, 31 odd floors up, good view of the city, we met up with the rest of the scooby gang before heading into barfi again for more of the golden nectar. On the way home stopped in for a middy of beer at "fumare/non fumar" bar and it was the worst beer I have ever tasted - in protest we felt it only fair to keep the glasses...

had a rip-snorter of a barbeque on saturday night, joined by the syngenta crew and mykey, another mate from ausl - it really felt like i was back at home - ended the night down at the rhein - and whilst we attempted to party on, we were just too buggered/tired to stay on after 2am - jen this is what happens when you get over 25 - your days are numbered...

sunday was pretty uneventful as everyone departed - i had a nice walk through the old town and was reminded of how pretty this place can be when no-one is out on the streets to abuse you or complain to you or generally give you the shits - kind of like forrest chase over easter long weekend...

west coast got up again, battle between the top two on the afl ladder, and must send cheerio to gareth's old man who left him a voice mail message with the lowdown on the game...

and today, it is my beloved's 21st birthday...Laura, i will love you always... i can't wait for the next 12 days to pass so we can get out and do europe big time...july 1st touchdown in basel!!!