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Geneva

January 22nd, 2010 MegDave

We arrived in Geneva after one of the hardest journeys yet. It was a 12 hour bus trip starting 12.30 midnight and ending at 2.30pm the next day. The bus arrived an hour late and arrived in Geneva two hours late. While passing through France there was two border securites one of which resulted in  Read More »

Compostelle ou Cap Finisterre?

December 26th, 2009 El Peregrino

Historiquement, Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle est le but du pèlerinage. Mais symboliquement, vous pouvez le prolonger jusqu’à Fisterra (Cap Finisterre). La légende dit que c’est à cet endroit que la dépouille de Saint Jacques a été débarquée en péninsule ibérique. Mais l’intérêt de l’endroit est davantage symbolique: c’est la région la plus occidentale du continent européen. Si vous  Read More »

Standard English, the Return to Neuchâtel, and French Numbers via Porn

December 15th, 2009 Demosthenes

We spent Sunday night in a terrible hostel. It wasn’t dirty or cluttered. But it was unbelievably incompetent. The staff didn’t know what was going on. They had to refund a bunch of our money for internet that didn’t work, but was charged for at an exorbitant rate. The bed I slept in was missing  Read More »

Many detours along the way

December 12th, 2009 Mimi

D and I decided that we would drive through Switzerland on our way from Milan to Paris. There were good highways in Switzerland and we knew the view would be spectacular. Little did we know that we would end up seeing much more than we expected. We ended up driving through the alps before going  Read More »

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June 24th, 2007 Mama Milka

Finally the job offer that I had been chasing since the end of March 2007 was coming to a close. I was required in Zurich, Switzerland to go over my employment contracts with my new employer OnRelay UK and the lawyers that were drawing up the documents and taking care of the payroll. Only problem was,  Read More »