“I’m fed up with this music.”

“Hush! You’ll upset the other opera-goers.”

“I don’t care. This infernal tune keeps me awake at nights, swirling round my head. It’s driving me mad.”

“Mother, you must get used to it. After all, it is the national anthem, and you are the Queen.”

PJ is a British writer living in Switzerland with his wife and Parson Russell Terrier. He sees the Alps every day but misses the Cairngorms. The music swirling round his head is usually Linkin Park. Follow him @Tweeting_Writer.