Swiss prices give me indigestion
May 4, 2013, 13 Comments
Headache pills and indigestion tablets. Expensive enough to cause the problem rather than cure it.
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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...
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February 5, 2010, No comments
Two years ago I went to Geneva for my first writers’ conference for two days of workshops, brainstorming, networking and chatting. In...
LEARN MORE ›It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
December 22, 2009, No comments
Snow is falling all around me, chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, the Salvation Army is playing O Come All Ye...
LEARN MORE ›Gillette: the worst a man can get?
December 13, 2009, 3 Comments
Clearly the Swiss expect nothing less than perfection from their greatest sports star. You might think Roger Federer has had rather a good...
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