Right, I'm back after 3 weeks working for a company outside of Birmingham, staying in a hotel that had neither internet access nor even a mobile phone signal, so I read a lot of books... Anyway, last week I was skiing in Chamonix (which was mostly fun: great weather and good snow, but by the end of a week I'm fed up with prising myself out of bed for another day of pain and suffering on the slopes - I should try long weekends instead!), and since the weather had closed in on Saturday we didn't go skiing for our final morning, instead heading back to Geneva early.

This, of course, meant that we had quite a lot of time to fill before we could check in for our flight home. Fortunately we stumbled across a bowling alley and pizza restaurant very close to the airport, advertising pizza by the metre, so how could we not have a look?

The bowling alley was, well, a typical bowling alley, with 12 lanes. The pizzas, however, were some of the best that any of us had had in quite some time. My Cappriciosa was delicious, with a just-set egg in the middle of it, and plenty of artichoke, ham, and mushrooms on it.

As far as I can make out, the bowling alley is here. I have no idea what it's called, mind you, but if you find yourself needing to waste some time during the day before a flight from Geneva airport, I can think of far worse places to be...

Also, I like the new check-in arrangements at Geneva for EasyJet. They have a bank of terminals in which you enter your reference number, and which then print out all the boarding cards and luggage tags for your party. You tag your luggage, then take them to the check-in desks, who scan and weigh then, and that's it. You're done. Quickest check-in I've ever had - so why can't you do the same at Luton?

While I'm wondering about EasyJet's policies: why on earth did our ski boot bags count as oversized luggage when we were at Luton? I mean, a boot bag isn't exactly a huge item...