Not in Zurich

Last week I was back in Sweden for work meetings. It was a busy week divided between Göteborg and Stockholm. I am working on establishing a project which is a collaboration between Göteborg and Kisumu, Kenya. The focus is on improving resource efficiency in water and waste management. And to do this we want to use games as planning tools. We hosted a guest from Kenya Monday-Wednesday and filled the program with meetings, study visits to the wastewater treatment plant, and even playing a bit of a game during a seminar at Chalmers. It all went very well and I am looking forward to seeing the project develop.

Thursday I was in the office in Stockholm and Friday in Uppsala to see my MSc student Saga Perron present her thesis work. She did a fantastic job - so I felt rather like a proud parent being there. I did manage a few lunch and coffee meetings with friends, including brunch with Linn on Saturday before heading to the airport. Felt good to be "home" and reconnect with everyone. 

Back in Zurich, Andreas and I took advantage of a sunny Sunday morning to head for Uetliberg, the highest point on the edge of Zurich. Of course, as soon as we got to the top the sun disappeared and the wind picked up. We were not really dressed for the suddenly cooler temps. It was threatening rain but we decided to do the 1.5 hour hike we had planned. Nice views (probably better on a sunny day) kept us going, but we skipped the picnic lunch we had brought. Instead it we settled for a cup of hot chocolate in the cafe when we arrived at the cable car that would take us down again. Lesson learned - mountain weather changes fast, be prepared.