A VERY early start this morning... I was up at 4am and the taxi picked us up just after 5am to take us to London City Airport.

Yippee... a whole week of music making ahead !
There are 100 people here, from Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Britain, Denmark, Italy, America, and Japan.
We're staying at Bienenberg, near Liestal in sunny Switzerland (see map) and this is the view we're going to be treated to every day.

Last year it was [ raining in London ]