Apero

Attended an apero today. This is a word that I guess comes from French, meaning before. In Switzerland it's used for a drink get-together. Before something else would be the meaning. It usually comes with small pieces of food like one-bite-sandwiches, nuts, veggies and dip, that type of thing. And free booze. Prosecco, red and white wine, water and juice (why the latter two would be anybodys guess). Brilliant! To date I have only missed these invitations when I was travelling. Like the Brits would phrase it: "there is nothing like a free meal". Mind you, the Scandinavians would say "there is nothing like free booze".