Dr Swatch Made ‘Swiss made’ and it made Swiss a brand
Look at your watch. If it is Swiss, it is only because of Dr. Nicholas G. Hayek Sr. Dr Hayek was born in 1928 in Beirut, Lebanon and had moved to Switzerland as a young man where after an education in chemistry and physics, held together by mathematics (University of Lyon – France), he formed his ow ...
Picnic
I typically shy away from all things GroupOn (and the other sites who are like it) after a bad experience trying to redeem a coupon a couple of years ago in St. Louis. But, when I was at American Thanksgiving in November, some new friends told me about a local discount site that sends some really go ...
Mountains, Chocolate and Cheese…er..Jazz
We tend to forget about our own backyard when studying the history of Jazz while focusing almost exclusively on the USA. But I wanted also to understand how Jazz had developed in Switzerland and to resolve the all-important question: Wer hat’s erfunden? The initial impulse for Jazz in Switzerland ca ...
Goodness, we've been busy!
This is the first time we've had internet access since our last post so there's lots to tell. Since spending so long in Alsace, we've spent all of our time since then in the next province south of that - Franche-Comte. It's on the eastern border of France next to Switzerland and home to the Jura mou ...
Kalatoria ja hauskoja tuttavuuksia
Alkoi jo vaikuttaa siltä, että taisimme vahingossa jumittua Pangandaraniin. Tapasimme surffilla mukavan sveitsiläispariskunnan Sarahin ja Alexin, he muuttivat samaan guesthousiin ja oli pitkästä aikaa mukavaa olla porukalla liikenteessä. Olemme paljon puhuneet siitä, miten emme jaksa väkisin ystävys ...
Being a Mum
Yesterday was one of those typical days for parents of young female adults, or of teenage daughters. I cannot speak of Sons, as we do not have boys, but I suspect it is similar. The eldest, who is now 22, had taken our car and driven to Switzerland. Her first such long drive alone. “Send me a text w ...
Ebel Wave: The Evolution Of A Proceeds – Yahoo Finance
18, 2014 /CNW/ – EBEL is proud to introduce an exciting new style within its freshly reimagined Wave collection. Merging seamlessly into the modern women’s wardrobe, the collection’s newest addition features an universally feminine shade of pink that will dominate international runways this fall. (P ...
Aniversarios (XXX) [Agosto / August 17-23]
Textos en inglés al final del post / English translation at the end of this post. _________________________________________________________ El 17 de Agosto es el cumple de Harald Jerichau, pintor danés nacido en Roma en 1852. Se formó en sus comienzos con Léon Benouville en Roma, a continuación sigu ...
Martina Hingis Tennis Player Bio News Fashion Records Facts Hot Wallpaper.
Martina Hingis is a Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as world no. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open). Born: September 30, 1980 (age 33), in Košice, Czechoslovakia Nationality: Switzerland,Czechoslovakia Co ...
