Well, that was a long weekend!

Martin arrived on Wednesday evening and we went pretty much straight to the pub where we met up with Joost and his girlfriend (who's name escapes me at the moment). Thursday was more beers with some guys from work, including two people who were over from the New York office to see me and the team for the week. Friday, Jen (Martin's wife) arrived in the morning, and they went off for a meal with some old colleagues of hers. I went to the station to pick up Laura who came up from Lux for the evening. Went to the Bastoche and met up with the boys. Several beers there and then next door to the Villon for food, accompanied by several bottles of wine. A couple of the strongest Irish Coffees I have had for a while and then a round of Limonchello, a few more beers in the Corto and then we grabbed a taxi to go the Wild Geese to meet Martin and Jen. Walked in to find most of the department there, I'd forgotten that they were having drinks that evening. Finally staggered home at just before 4am... A really great night, it was really, really good to see everybody.

The rest of the weekend involved lots of eating and another superb meal at l'Herbe Rouge, a Japanese restaurant by the Sablon. Fantastic food but not cheap...