This was my second time attending Cannes Lions, but this time the non-work part was a bit, shall we say, adventurous! I landed in Zurich to go with a colleague on a private flight to Cannes. My heart sank after landing in Zurich as it was a rare time when lights went off at ZRH airport and the line through immigration was long, but given my situation, they allowed me to go ahead so I could catch the private flight.
I took the train from ZRH airport to Bad Ragaz where my colleague was waiting for me. He took me to the airport which is just a couple of minutes drive from there and in 10 mins, we were airborne. We still had time to land on glaciers, so we did that a couple of times - a really out of world experience. Then we flew through plains of Italy finally crossing into France from the sea. The headwinds were much greater which used up more time and fuel and we went into reserve before landing in Cannes airport.
The rest of the trip was great, with business meetings and good food. I stayed in an ocean facing apartment which did not disappoint at all! In free time, I visited many of the towns along the Cannes to Monaco corridor by train.
