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My very Swiss ideas for Christmas
Nine shopping days left and still stuck for Christmas present ideas? Want something original? Then how about designing your own Swiss chocolate bar or creating your own muesli. You can’t get more...
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Happy (Swiss) Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve, it’s snowing and Bing is singing. What more could I ask for? So most Swiss haven’t ever pulled a cracker, and turkey with all the trimmings is an alien concept, but when you live...
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A merry Swiss Christmas
So that was 2013, the year when the Slow Train to Switzerland arrived in style. Its first print run sold out in a few weeks, it was featured in British Airways’ High Life magazine and became one of the...
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Seven ways to prepare for a Swiss Christmas
December is here and there are just three weeks left until Christmas. But are you getting ready for it the Swiss way? That means making the most of the Advent season, which often feels almost as...
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Happy Swiss Christmas everyone
Leukerbad in the snow looking towards the Matterhorn. A perfectly Swiss picture of mine to wish you a merry Swiss Christmas from me! 2014 was the year that Switzerland took a step into the unknown,...
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Happy Swiss Christmas everyone!
Christmas is a very Swiss festival. Not because the day has anything to do with Switzerland but because its first two letters are C and H. The international abbreviation for the Swiss Confederation has...
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Happy Swiss Christmas to everyone!
Goodbye to 2019. It wasn’t a momentous year but there were a few Swiss highlights: The national elections produced the biggest change in years, with both the SVP and SP losing seats to the Greens and...
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Happy Christmas wherever you are
Another year over and I think we can all heave a sigh of relief about that. We will never forget 2020 but possibly not for the right reasons. So this is simply a short note to wish you a happy healthy...
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Is this the Christmas miracle I’ve been waiting for?
Glad tidings of comfort and joy? Yes, with bells on! Not exactly a miracle, just Swiss science and healthcare doing their thing. I had another round of tests and… the tumours have gone. The treatment...
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Happy Christmas and goodbye to 2023
So that was 2023 and I’m glad it’s almost over. Not an easy year for me but it wasn’t all hospitals and bad news. In between all the crap were some lovely Swiss moments. Here’s a look back at the last...
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