Even if you are surrounded by countless offers, there is also something like an everyday life in New York and days that just come and go.

New York welcomed me in the same way that Basel bid me farewell: white and bitterly cold. But the week was affected by jet lag anyway and I took it easy.

Winter has finally shown its best side, with cold, frost and snow. The first, and probably last winter week in Basel this season for me.

The start of the new year was unspectacular and tranquil, which was exactly what I was looking for in these troubled times.