It’s diary Saturday in the Brûlé household. The sun is out, there is the gentlest breeze and diaries, pencils and erasers are at the ready. First up, the week ahead: Salone del Mobile in Milan from Sunday (tune in to Monocle Radio and these newsletters for the latest from the world’s most important design fair), off to the Delphi Economic Forum for some panels and interviews and then down to Athens for dinners and a couple of nights at the Dolli – a hotel that I’ve been keen to try since it opened. Then it’s back to Zürich for a suitcase swap and on to Lisbon to check on the new apartment and a little pre-Easter moment down in Alentejo at São Lourenço do Barrocal – an undisputed Monocle top-five retreat. After that, things get serious.Have you bought your ticket for The Chiefs in Jakarta yet? If so, I’ll be seeing you for cocktails on 23 April along with a sizable Monocle contingent, our sharp speakers and plenty of readers from all over the world. While we’re talking Monocle-related events: we also have our spring Portugal-themed market on 10 May in London; our annual Badi Market in Zürich on 23 May; and then on 13 July the 10th-anniversary party for our shop in Merano. For the past few hours we’ve been trying to figure out business trips, family commitments, grand tours, fresh exploration and a few returns to summer classics. This is what I’m thinking on the leisure front for the coming months – in somewhat chronological order.Stockholm A long weekend at Ett Hem. Breakfasts in the garden are always a good way to ease into summer, plus long trots around Djurgården and shopping excursions to Nitty Gritty and Svenskt Tenn.Biarritz The Basque city has been on my “must-visit” list forever and finally, thanks to an invite from my friend Solène, I have an excuse for an extended long weekend on the Atlantic.Beirut Beirut is back. Finally. It has been six years and I cannot wait to check back into the Albergo, dive into the sea at Sporting, visit friends, walk the streets of Hamra and soak up one of my favourite cities in the world.St Moritz I’ll do a little early-summer touchdown in advance of an extended trip in August.Road trip: One Zürich to Lisbon with stops in Bordeaux, San Sebastián and Sanxenxo.Road trip: Two Lisbon to Zürich with stops in Madrid, Cadaqués, Arles, Marseille and Gstaad.All of this could very well change but it’s deeply satisfying to fill out the spiral-bound planner and start to plug in all the restaurants, beaches, galleries and vineyards to hit along the way. As ever, you can send special requests to the Monocle Concierge if you’re after some sensible summer consultation, and you’ll be happy to hear that a totally new monocle.com is just weeks away from a needed relaunch with travel very much at the core of our new look and line-up. Bon voyage.