21.03.08 Tip top tennis

Today, Susi and I found out that there was some method to the traffic madness. The out-of-work actors and students in zebra suits mincing about at the traffic lights are there to stop the cars driving on to the zebra crossings. Some logic, at last.

I played my first game of tennis at altitude this afternoon. The process of dragging myself from impending ignominy to a simple defeat was absolutely exhausting. I’d not played in months and never on clay before. And Tom was better than me. Swine. The view from the court at the German club, however, was stunning; if only I could raise my game to meet the sublime setting. The post-match drinks were much more of a success.