It seemed to be still summer referring to the bright, pastel-colored early evening sky over Zurich, Switzerland, that 30th September. Only the leaves lazily carried away by a gentle breeze on Turbinenplatz gave sign of the advancing fall. The crowd gathering outside Aubrey, a beautiful hot spot in the heart of the city, was fully aware of the good weather, enjoying their first refreshment in the open air after a hard day’s work. An attentive eye could have counted 80 guests, all of them customers or partners of ours, or friends of Appway from the Swiss-german speaking part of Switzerland. (An equivalent event for our costumers from the Italian part of Switzerland took place in June in the picturesque city of Lugano.) The today's social event was announced under the motto “Zurich — New York — Zurich”, a virtual flight to the big apple: one of the coolest locations where we are doing business and also home of the evening’s special guest, a very famous Appway user… Guess who he is!

The air suddenly filled with anticipation when the guests were begged to come in: Wasn’t Marco Tempest, the famous multimedia magician, announced in the invitation mail? And indeed, after a short welcome speech, our CEO Hanspeter Wolf introduced the evening’s special guest to the curious audience. Exclamations of awe went through the club, which was enchantingly decorated and provided a wonderful background to the magic that was being performed on the stage. Even though Marco is used to big stages all over the world, the Zurich born and New York resident magician astonished our guests with three breathtaking sessions during the evening – the lucky ones that were there won’t forget a single one! For all others, have an impression of one or two of Marco's tricks as he presented them that very night (spoken in Swiss German).

The evening went on with interesting conversations, fine food and tasty wine served by Aubrey’s attentive staff and when the time came for us - the Appbirds, as we call ourselves and the many Appway fans and followers - to say goodbye and bid farewell to our guests we wouldn’t let them go without a bag containing a Comella chocolate drink (typically Swiss) and a blueberry muffin (typically US) to help them start the next day refreshed and in a good mood. Guests and staff both left with a smile, still enchanted by all the magic of the evening.