Happy Easter bunnies from Switzerland
April 4, 2010, 5 Comments
All across Switzerland at this moment, there are thousands of bunnies lying beheaded on tables and floors.
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What the Swiss get up to when they go to Wankdorf.
March 31, 2010, 10 Comments
It’s my favourite place-name in the whole of Bern. Wankdorf. What a great name for English speakers to laugh about; it’s almost too...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss B&B refuses to let a gay couple stay
March 22, 2010, 2 Comments
What a difference a verb makes! There was a story on BBC Online yesterday about a gay couple who had booked a...
LEARN MORE ›All you need to know about Switzerland: elections
March 21, 2010, 2 Comments
Public spaces and squares all across Bern are currently hosting a new form of street furniture: large metal stands, each shaped like...
LEARN MORE ›There’s more to Swiss food than fondue
March 14, 2010, 2 Comments
Today is officially the first day of spring. This has nothing to do with the weather (there’s still snow lying around), or...
LEARN MORE ›Getting to know you, the Swiss way
March 11, 2010, 13 Comments
Drinks parties are the best place to get to know the Swiss, and not because they need some wine before they can...
LEARN MORE ›In 100 days will the world be different?
March 5, 2010, No comments
Three months and a week doesn’t sound like a momentous time-frame until you rephrase it to be 100 days. Ever since President...
LEARN MORE ›Libya declares war on Switzerland?
February 27, 2010, No comments
So much for neutrality. Despite famously sitting on the fence over almost any issue, Switzerland is seemingly now at war with millions of...
LEARN MORE ›All you need to know about writers’ conferences
February 18, 2010, No comments
What exactly goes on at a writers’ conference? If you’ve never been to one, it can seem rather daunting: will everyone be...
LEARN MORE ›Double gold for Swiss Olympic men
February 17, 2010, No comments
You might think that Switzerland has enough gold buried away in bank vaults under Zurich’s Paradeplatz, but it seems the Swiss can’t...
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