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I have a massage to get ready for Monday. I don’t drink alcohol so it’s always a mocktail for me. Something healthy: probably a Caesar salad with kale.Ī glass of something that you’d recommend? I like to buy fresh vegetables from the farmers’ market in Aoyama. My favourite brunch spot is Ballon in the Nakameguro district. I don’t actually have one but it’s my dream to own one. What is your ideal way to begin a Sunday – a gentle start or a jolt?Ī gentle start, playing with my pet bird, a white Java sparrow. I’ve been preparing for the final day of Tokyo Gendai. As the journalism business never pauses, there’s a good chance that we will bump into each other on our terrace under a sunny Swiss sky. Perhaps the best bit of staying close to base is being able to meet all of the Monocle readers who pass through Zürich and make a point to stop by our shops and café on Dufourstrasse 90 for a frozen Campari and orange slushy or perfectly chilled rosé. I prefer my Med moment in late September or even early October when the crowds have departed, the sea is starting to cool down again and there’s little trouble finding a table at a favourite restaurant. I can return to Zürich and be right back in the thick of summer without having to feel that I’m missing the call of Forte dei Marmi or Menorca. If I need to fly off to Seoul or Bangkok (highly likely in a couple of weeks), I can easily do so as the airport is 27 minutes by train from my apartment. Twenty years on I need to remind myself that I have the perfect set-up for running a business while finding the odd couple of days to relax. Before I moved to Switzerland I used to come to Zürich with friends to escape heavy London summers and enjoy the bathing clubs, restaurants and bars. It’s at this time of year that I feel I have everything I need on my doorstep (the lake is a three-minute walk away) and, when the sky is cloudless, I don’t need the Med or even the mountains – open doors, a gentle breeze and a sunny balcony make it feel better than the Adriatic or Aegean. Come Thursday I’ll be back and, save for the occasional work trip and a wedding in Sweden, I just want to be in the city and enjoy the best that it has to offer while everyone else is in Bodrum, St Tropez, Biarritz and much further beyond. Shortly after we’re off-air I’m heading up to Vals to stay at Brücke 49 for a little alpine air and then over to Graubünden for a couple of days of swimming in the lakes and walking in the forest. If you happen to be in Zürich today, please swing by Dufourstrasse 90 for a very special episode of Monocle on Sunday – my colleague Emma Nelson has come over from London for a pacy edition of the show. Tourists from the Gulf packed out terraces, enjoying ice coffees and creamy cakes.

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When I pulled into the Hauptbahnhof, the city was alive and full of locals enjoying extended lunches along the lake and on shady side streets. On Thursday I took the train back to Zürich. Despite all the great conversations and ideas generated for future editions, it also felt like a proper little break. As you might have read in Andrew’s column in yesterday’s Weekend Edition, we were up in Gstaad for a little work retreat.

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How’s your summer so far? Are you already in your groove on your little patch of rock in the Stockholm archipelago or ancient lake in eastern Finland? Is there still another week to go before school is out and we find you laying out footwear and tunic ensembles for your imminent departure to Spetses? Or do you still have another three weeks in the office before you shut down for all of August? And when August hits, where will you go? Are you one of those Italians who loves a bit of Tanzania or a Frenchman who likes a roadtrip through British Columbia? Here in Zürich, I’ve decided to do my very best to stick around and not venture too far.

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