The Rain in Spain - And the Alhambra
For the first few hours, we almost regretted having left the buzz and excitement of Barcelona for Granada. The approach from the airport was through an industrial area, with dirty furniture warehouses...
View ArticleThe Lost Symbol- beyond the joyride
A week long trip to Barcelona was a lot longer than most vacations I've been on so far, so I thought I'd have plenty of time to relax, roll up my sleeves and dive into Dan Brown's latest bestselling...
View ArticleThere's a bubble in the blogosphere
It started out as a simple idea... I wanted to jazz up my website with pictures I'd taken during our recent trip to Barcelona.I'd seen a lot of sites with these rolling photographic slideshows and I...
View ArticleTwilight for Dummies
Wondering why TV channels are going nuts over the launch of New Moon? Mostly interested in the Non fiction rack in the bookstore? Stuck in a room full of giggly girls gushing abour Edward's eyes? At a...
View ArticleThe day fear won ...
It's official. Terror has won. The decision to ban minarets is the latest victory granted on a platter to every radical, hate mongering terrorist out there; even worse, it gives them a platform of self...
View ArticleThe World's Friendliest Expat Cities
HSBC released the results of its Expat Explorer survey this week, covering 26 expat locations across the globe. Not surprisingly, Switzerland places at the bottom of the table on the friendliness...
View ArticleJob hunting in Switzerland - the saga continues..
Today marks the four month anniversary of my unemployment. Being a scarred veteran of the job hunting scene in Geneva, I thought I'd share with you some of the most common types of personalities that...
View ArticleLyon-Festival of Lights 09
I have to say I was astounded at the sheer scale, number of people and the spectacle of the Festival of Lights in Lyon. The installations were the best of modern art in themselves, but the city of Lyon...
View ArticleGeneva in the spotlight
If you happen to travel to Geneva this week chances are you'll see a lot of what look like soup or fondue pots in the windows. If you are not a local, like me, you will probably assume this is a...
View ArticleHopenhagen 2009 - Be a thought leader
The Guardian has established a "Reader Leaders" section, inviting readers to weigh in with their indepth views on Copenhagen, climate change and the state of the green revolution Here's my article......
View ArticleTake the train dude
You know that pet bone you pick with your partner all the time? The one your friends roll their eyes and refer to when they talk about you? Car vs Train travel is fast becoming one that we add to our...
View ArticleMa I want to be a photojournalist!.. Nah, a weatherman is better.
JobsRated recently released its survey on the Best and Worst jobs in 2010. At the top of the worst job list is "Roustabout" (people who work on oil rigs, also used for circus workers). The Best Job is...
View ArticleThe Starbucks Bibliotheque??
Last week's supposedly cool viral campaigns inviting female facebook users to reveal the color of their bras (to surprising success - I certainly didn't want to know my best friend's penchant for...
View ArticleGetting through the Winter boot camp - Romantic Comedies
As if it weren't difficult enough to get through a Swiss winter in case you aren't a skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, luging (or some other such sporting activity involving insanely uncomfortable...
View ArticleFeature - Happiness and Foreigners
It's just the first few weeks of the decade, and already, we seem to be awash with happiness surveys, and satisfaction indices. International Living's recently released Quality of Life Index lists...
View ArticleAvatar - the modern drama
The Chinese government has pulled Avatar out of an estimated 1500 theatres in China, substituting the film with a biography of Confucious. While arguably, cinemagoers are better off with this switch,...
View ArticleAnyone home??
Never let it be said that I wasn't brave enough to venture out to explore the beauties of Switzerland in winter. An impromptu visit by a friend led to a boatride to Evian. She was on a short trip,...
View ArticleAn Apple makes a happy Valentine's Day
I'm no tech geek, in fact, if there were a Darwinian scale on tech awareness, I'd probably be hunched right next to the primates, but I'm right on top of Apple's droolworthy Ipad launch. While the $500...
View ArticleIllusions and Recycled Air
The 40 something executive in a customised designer suit who zips through check in, while you wait it out behind the four parent, six screaming kids nightmare of a family returning from a ski vacation....
View ArticleGypped in Geneva
So I'm getting out of a meeting at one of Geneva's most prestigious hotels - The President Wilson, last evening, when I got robbed. It was a slick operation. I am an easy target, both arms full,...
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