Where boots are made for walking?
July 25, 2010, 13 Comments
It’s officially The Year of Hiking in Switzerland, so yesterday I took another step towards becoming ever more Swiss: I am now...
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An introduction to Swinglish
July 16, 2010, 13 Comments
In my beginner’s guide to Swissness, I suggested that learning Swinglish was one way to become more Swiss, so here’s a guide to...
LEARN MORE ›Was Heidi in fact Harry Potter’s great-great-grandmother?
July 7, 2010, 5 Comments
Heidi, everyone’s favourite Swiss Miss, recently had her parentage brought into question by a German scholar (see this earlier post), but what...
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Kiss me, I’m Swiss
July 6, 2010, 8 Comments
The Swiss are great kissers. I can make that statement purely from having experienced the quantity rather than the quality, because they...
LEARN MORE ›The Swatch king is dead
June 29, 2010, 7 Comments
For many people, Switzerland means watches and Swiss watches mean Swatch (the name itself supposedly a contraction of ‘Swiss watch’). And if...
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A beginner’s guide to Swissness
June 4, 2010, 36 Comments
It’s the opening round of Family Fortunes (or 5Gegen5 if you’re reading this in Switzerland). The host says, “We asked 100 people to...
LEARN MORE ›Counting in Switzerland: as easy as 1-2-3?
June 1, 2010, 22 Comments
Counting in a foreign language should be simple. Even if you are linguistically challenged, you can probably stretch to un, deux, trois...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss typing school from A to Z, or maybe Y
May 26, 2010, 10 Comments
I’m not a touch-typist; when I’m writing, I usually have to look at the keys rather than the screen. But after years...
LEARN MORE ›Paris Hilton not allowed in Switzerland
May 6, 2010, 22 Comments
Twins called Benson and Hedges. A child named ‘Number 16 Bus Shelter’. A girl called ‘Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii’. It’s...
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