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Switzerland
Warning: Crumbling Alp Ahead
Alternate title suggested by GenevaGal: Alple Crumble Inspired by this Reuters article, we jetted (ok, trained) off to Grindelwald this weekend to see what all the fuss was about. It doesn’t take much of an excuse to get us into the Alps, especially when the weather is nice (for me, nice = anything but hot … Read more
German word of the day: Reformhaus
I know what you’re thinking… it’s where naughty, naughty little girls are sent. At least that’s what I thought the first time I walked past a Reformhaus sign when I lived in Germany. It was only after I had been living there for a year that I finally figured out what they really are: shops … Read more
It’s Swiss…. It’s whisky….
I’m holding out for the Swodka, myself.
Zurich raves, part two
We went, we saw, we photographed. We managed to see quite a bit of the Zurich Street Parade without getting stuck in any giant throngs of people, so I was happy with the whole experience. It was basically, as expected, a smaller version of Berlin’s Love Parade, with around 800,000 ‘ravers’ expected this year (fewer … Read more
Zurich raves, part one
The first time I heard about Street Parade (Striitpareid in Swiss German) was in my Swiss German class. It was listed in the ‘Holidays in Zurich’ section of our textbook, right next to Christmas, Sechseläuten, and Easter. That seemed wacky given that it is, at the end of the day, a giant outdoor rave. But … Read more
You have to admit, it’s a good reason not to smoke.
Not sure how I managed to miss this sign in the entryway of the Zeughauskeller on our first three visits there. So is that what this stuff (sitting below the sign) is?
We’re number four
GENEVA, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — Oslo and London are the world’s most expensive cities, followed by Copenhagen and Zurich, according to a report released on Wednesday. The Prices and Earnings report, compiled by Switzerland’s largest bank UBS, compares the price of a basket of 122 domestic goods and services in 71 cities on all continents. … Read more
Cheap groceries, safe inline skating, and Icelandic art for the Swiss masses
If you’ve ever spent any time in a Swiss city, you’ve probably not been able to avoid noticing the omnipresence of things labeled ‘Migros’. I first got to know Migros as the slightly more affordable of the two major supermarket chains in Zurich (Coop being the other one), but groceries are just the tip of … Read more