A close-up and personal look at Switzerland
Remember the Christmas song “12 days of Christmas”? Many stores want you to believe the 12 days refer to before Christmas. Time to go out, buy gifts and crank up that economy. Thing is, the 12 days start on Christmas… Read moreEpiphany or Three Kings‘ Day
Here is the “M” installment of my abc collection. I choose about three words and write something regarding them trying to relate them to Switzerland or the Swiss or my life in Switzerland. This week’s words start with “M”. “M”… Read moreCollection abc – M is for Money, Mantra and Münster
Here is the “L” installment of my abc collection. I choose about three words and write something regarding them trying to relate them to Switzerland or the Swiss or my life in Switzerland. This week’s words start with “L”. “L”… Read moreCollection abc – L is for Laughter, Life and Listening
The Swiss have a long and solid tradition with clocks and watch making. The oldest clock in Switzerland is the Clock Tower (called Zytglogge, which translates into “time bells”) in the capitol of Berne. We lived maybe a walking distance… Read moreClocks, Time and Punctuality
There is so much joy in seeing a sparkle in someone’s eyes and knowing that you have given them memories to cherish. That childlike feeling of not knowing what you want to do next, everything looks like fun – let’s do it… Read moreA Joy Shared is a Joy Doubled
In “early August” 1291, during the late middle ages three cantons in what is now central Switzerland, swore an oath of alliance, and I suppose with that, a nation was conceived. Who were they uniting against? Here, my very short,… Read moreSwiss Independence Day
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