This post will change your life, or maybe mine.
May 18, 2010, 2 Comments
The thing about working in a bookshop, especially an English Bookshop in a non-English-speaking country, is that you get to know your...
LEARN MORE ›In Switzerland holidays really are still holy-days
May 14, 2010, 2 Comments
Yesterday was Auffahrt. At least it was in the German-speaking parts of Switzerland; elsewhere it was Ascension or Ascensione. Whatever you call...
LEARN MORE ›And the winner is…
May 9, 2010, No comments
Britain might not yet have a winner from its recent beauty contest, er sorry election, but Switzerland does. And his name is...
LEARN MORE ›Only one man can win the real election this weekend
May 7, 2010, 1 Comment
The Swiss love voting, so it was no surprise to see that both Switzerland’s freebie commuter papers (20 Minuten and Blick am Abend) had...
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...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss air gets a little cleaner with today’s smoking ban
May 1, 2010, 6 Comments
When I first started visiting Switzerland ten years ago, every train carriage had a dividing wall a third of the way along:...
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How to know when spring has sprung in Switzerland
April 27, 2010, No comments
Spring is in full swing in Switzerland, and there’s a very easy way to tell: don’t listen for the first cuckoo, just...
LEARN MORE ›Double trouble for Bern’s sporting fans
April 23, 2010, No comments
When people talk of a sporting double in Switzerland they usually mean the Super League and Schweizer Cup.
LEARN MORE ›Stranded in Switzerland
April 16, 2010, 4 Comments
A Vulcan in Ireland. That’s how a Swiss person explained the current flight problem to me. It took me a couple of...
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Was Heidi’s father German?
April 8, 2010, 8 Comments
For millions of people around the world, she is the personificaton of Switzerland but it seems that the original Swiss miss may not...
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