St Christopher
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May 10, 2013, No comments

It was almost a dead heat when Bern voted to kill St Christopher; the majority was only four votes.

Rennie
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May 4, 2013, 9 Comments

Headache pills and indigestion tablets. Expensive enough to cause the problem rather than cure it.

1860s Switzerland
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April 19, 2013, 14 Comments

It’s a very old photo of somewhere in Switzerland, but where exactly?

Appenzeller advert
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April 7, 2013, 1 Comment

Sex sells but in Switzerland that cliché creates a rather disturbing mental image.

Alpina bedroom
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March 28, 2013, No comments

Switzerland now has 89 five-star hotels, or one for every 90,000 inhabitants even if few of them ever stay in one.

Fleischkäse
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March 19, 2013, 11 Comments

Eight years ago I arrived in Switzerland with a lot of questions about my new home.

  • St Christopher
  • Rennie
  • 1860s Switzerland
  • Appenzeller advert
  • Alpina bedroom
  • Fleischkäse

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St Christopher

A vote to the death in Bern

May 10, 2013, No comments

It was almost a dead heat when Bern voted to kill St Christopher; the majority was only four votes.

Rennie

Swiss prices give me indigestion

May 4, 2013, 9 Comments

Headache pills and indigestion tablets. Expensive enough to cause the problem rather than cure it.

1860s Switzerland

Where in Switzerland is this?

April 19, 2013, 14 Comments

It’s a very old photo of somewhere in Switzerland, but where exactly?

Appenzeller advert

The old ad men of Switzerland

April 7, 2013, 1 Comment

Sex sells but in Switzerland that cliché creates a rather disturbing mental image.

Alpina bedroom

Inside the modern Alpine chic hotel

March 28, 2013, No comments

Switzerland now has 89 five-star hotels, or one for every 90,000 inhabitants even if few of them ever stay in one.

Fleischkäse

Six questions about Switzerland

March 19, 2013, 11 Comments

Eight years ago I arrived in Switzerland with a lot of questions about my new home.

Ones you might have missed

  • Jungfraubahn
  • Tips
  • bin bags
  • Courtesy of Rega
  • red shoes on display
  • Carnival princess
  • Grandhotel Giessbach
  • Four eggs
  • Links gehen rechts stehen
  • Zytglogge Clock
  • Fuck Nazis graffiti
  • Bernina Express on a bridge
  • Lake Uri
  • View from Schilthorn
  • Goetheanum
  • Bundeshaus, 1902 - seat of the Federal Assembly and government