T̶w̶o̶ One p̶e̶r̶p̶e̶t̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶a̶t̶s̶ immigrant settling into home country number five.
I was in the US for so long that a lot of changes happened back home in Switzerland. For one, Switzerland lowered immigration restrictions for western Europeans. The Germans are coming! Well, even more of them than there already are. Migros started carrying a vegetarian version of Zürcher Geschnetzeltes, the local veal and mushroom sauce … Read more
It’s official, there’s a new Mr. Switzerland (and much to my surprise, it’s not this guy). I learned this from watching the local news yesterday. It was the second story, following close on the heels of a very important piece about Paris Hilton’s first trip to Basel (or Zurich, or somewhere… how am I supposed … Read more
For the next month I will be contributing to the TravelBox Blog over at Slate.com. My posts there cover some of my favorite European travel destinations. They even did a fancy-schmancy caricature of me for the site. Can you pick me out of the three? Quick, go look now!
Obviously ‘availability of delicious and affordable food’ was not one of the metrics for this study, but perhaps ‘prostitutes per capita‘ was? Nonetheless, I’m proud of our teeny tiny city.
My fellow environmentalists will surely join me in celebrating this major breakthrough today: funding has been secured for extensive research into captive glacier breeding experiments. The research will take place in Alaska and will be the first of its kind. We can only hope it will lead to the glacier repopulation that is so desperately … Read more
The long-awaited Sihlcity is finally open. The heralded new structure is large and contains retail shops, eateries, AND a cinema. All under one roof. How wacky is that? This article in SwissInfo gives us the inside scoop: Zurich’s tourist board has already hailed the complex as a unique entertainment concept and expects it to be … Read more
The Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung printed a new Gucci ad last week featuring an unknown male model – so unknown that not even Gucci had heard of him. Turns out the ad was a fake, and this guy just wanted to sneak a naked picture of himself into the newspaper. This isn’t even the first time … Read more
[NOTE: This post refers to an event that occurred in 2007. It was a big success!] Dazzle your Valentine by taking him/her to the Valentine’s Day Give Your Heart Out Gala which will be held at Stall 6 in central downtown Zurich. There will be live music, dancing, drinking, eating, mingling – basically everything you could ever … Read more
How is it I’ve lived on this continent for over six years and never realized this? But apparently, that’s just what this lovely little storm has been, hitting Germany and other countries much worse than Switzerland. Here we had a night of howling winds and sideways rain. I kept a suspicious eye on the large … Read more
The Big Finn, Sara and I have organized a blogger meet-up in Basel for January 14th. Bloggers in and around Switzerland are welcome to join us and bring spouses, family, friends, etc. More details can be found in this post on TBF’s BB. If you’re interested in coming, let us know (by, say, leaving a … Read more