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I like cars. Old cars, new cars, racing cars. Pretty much anything. But I can’t help wondering what sort of person wants to pay good money to sleep in one.
On the shores of Lake Lucerne, there is a very cute place called the Swiss Chalet. On the outside it looks like a normal restaurant […]
Serendipity is a great thing. A couple of weeks ago I played golf with a great guy who turned out to be the manager for the Zürich Ballet, and then MaryJo posts about the Nutcracker on her Seattle Traveler blog.
So, it seems only fair to mention that the Zurich Ballet is also performing the Nutcracker at […]
It’s a known fact that most blokes aren’t overly keen on shopping. Well, unless we’re in the market for a new car, hi-fi, or HDTV, that is.
OK, I’m happy enough to go out and buy a new wardrobe in a single day (make that morning) but that is something that has to be done, rather […]
It might not be in the middle of town, but in a converted textile mill down by the lake is one of my favourite Zurich restaurants. The Blue Duck (I am famed for my literal translations) has been around for a few years now, and is still as good as ever.
The building still has a […]
Just a quick throwaway post this one! I’m feeling guilty because I’ve been concentrating on cows, goats and sheeps (which incidentally is a newly accepted spelling for the plural of sheep. Lambs were apparently getting confused how they all became one sheep when they grew up).
Consequently, I forgot to mention the Chestnut Party down […]
Before the winter sets in and the fog comes down over Zurich, why not take advantage of the October sun and nip over to Klosters and find out what global warming is doing to our glaciers?
There is a four kilometer circular walk high above Klosters, located at the Suvretta hut, 2341 meters above sea level. […]
I’m sorry! I can’t resist it. You all seem to love the concept of Swiss national costume and dressed up cows, so here’s the round-up of this weekends animal activities.
This weekend sees the judging of the cows by the Kloster in Engelberg on Friday 12th. Also there’ll be a small funfair for the little ones. Plus […]
It’s time for another theme day here on the travel and culture channel of b5media. And this time, the theme is time itself.
I think all of us writers on the channel thought "Ha, that’ll be easy" but it opens up soooo many possibilities.
My initial thoughts were of wristwatches and clocks.
Everybody knows there […]
Did I ever tell you that I’m a bit of a closet trainspotter?
Not to the extent of wearing a jumper that my Mother has knitted me, and scribbling numbers in a notebook, but I do like trains. I even got to drive a steam train on the Bluebell line once.
So the annual Dampftreff at the […]
About 15 years ago, the Swiss discovered Halloween. They’d always had pumpkin displays, but generally small and tasteful.
But then the idea of an extra celebration caught the corporate retail imagination and we all went Kürbis Krazy. Kürbis being the German for Pumpkin, if you hadn’t twigged.
Two brothers have caught onto this trend and turned […]
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Written by Geoff Collins [email] for b5media.
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