I don't get it

Wednesday, we went to a comedy club with our Scottish friends here. It was pretty funny, although there was a lot of British pop culture references that I needed a translator to laugh appropriately. I did get the one Harry Potter joke of the evening although it did involve one young guy in the audience and some not so Muggle-like sexual innuendos involving - well - not for general readers.

The work has been tough. We are pretty much getting a good list of why things will never work and having to use that to create our list of what needs to work. Simplest comparison is going blindfolded through a maze -- you can get to the end, but you are going to be pretty bruised from bouncing off all of the walls to find the exit.

Thursday and Friday we had just enough energy to sit at the hotel bar and learn French from the bartender (after leaving work between 8 and 9).

Saturday we decided to take it easy. All the shops are closed here on Sunday, so we got up and went shopping at the local Walmart (Carrefour) for snacks and diet coke. After fighting the crowds, we decided to drive to Bern and wander around. (I posted pictures on my Facebook page -- post a message if you want a link).

There was a protest march that stopped traffic, but since we didn't see any words that looked like "Death" or "Americans" we felt pretty safe wandering around. Bern is a pretty good little city. They banned wooden building back around 1400 after the last fire. The walls are around 1,000 years old, etc... Town has a bit of history.

We stopped by Einstein's apartment from back in his patent office days and arrived just in time to listen to the video in German. Oh -- and my German is not as strong as my French. My Swiss German is not as good as my regular German. So we ate Italian and I went through and decided what we should order -- and then were given English menus.

We drove back and were so energized that we drove back and took a nap. Nicole woke me up with house news and I woke Coby up just on general principle. We decided at that point to stay in.

Sunday was work all day -- and I am writing this after doing 10 hours of documentation work. So, the humor is somewhat lacking.

However, I have to tell you this...

I am in here in Switzerland eating good food. Nicole is in Lexington doing the following:
1. Cleaning House 1.0
2. Mowing/Yard work at House 1.0
3. Painting House 2.0
4. Negotiating with the realtors
5. Keeping up House 2.0

I, again, am here getting room service and complaining about a tough job. Why did she marry me again? I forget.