Interesting Facts

The Portuguese government has cut four of its 14 annual public holidays in an attempt to trim its budget deficit and boost economic output. (All Saints Day, Corpus Christi, a commemoration of the formation of the Portuguese Republic and a holiday celebrating independence from Spanish rule will all now be regular working days. As you may know, I live in Germany and today is Corpus Christi.  Now I understand why Joao was asking why I was on a break again and I feel guilty.) 

Over the next two weeks the UK will all but close for business. (Why? Well, millions of us will be enjoying the ultimate ‘free holiday’ thanks to a late Easter break swiftly followed by "that royal wedding". That's the good news, unfortunately the bad news is that according to the Daily Mail it's going to cost £30bn in lost productivity! They've always got to spoil things, haven't they.)