Before heading South we went to another music festival in the French part of Switzerland, the Paleo. It‘s one of the biggest music festivals in Europe, or so they say:-). My gorgeous cousin Stefanie joined us which was a lot of fun. Stefanie, like most other locals, don‘t really go to the festival because of the bands, they go to catch up with friends and to enjoy the festival ambience.
It‘s like going to an Apple store where you hang out, try the new gadgets, learn about the latest apps, just for fun and then you end up walking out with half the store and an empty wallet (it happened to me).
The Paleo festival really does create a special vibe. There was a field of sunflowers right in the middle of the arena, a Caribbean quarter with Caribbean food, a forest made with wooden pallets and different themed bars.
The next day we drove down to France for a stop-over before heading into Spain. In the morning as I was getting fresh pain au chocolate (chocolate croissant) a French guy drove into our car. Luckily it was nothing major and he called his mate Laurent, who happened to be a mechanic. He came with a bag of tools to fix the rear bumper bar and within 5 minutes it was all fixed.
Laurent fixing the car in France
I guess the French guy was quite lucky that we were so relaxed about it and also to have a friend who was there to help him out straight away.
In business it‘s always good to have a great network of people around you. We always focus on building relationships with people who offer complementary services so we can recommend them to our clients, it‘s like building your own team of trusted suppliers.