Engadin

Has been a while… time flies… during the week, work, in weekends, travel, thats pretty much all about me. This weekend has been a memorable one. But to illustrate that – a bit of lingvistic history: Raeto-Roman, a.k.a. Raeto-Romanisch, Rumantsch, or simply Romanisch, is a language spoken by roughly 48,000 people, only in Switzerland. It…

Liechtenstein

The small principality situated between Austria and Switzerland is very cute… located where East and West Alps meet, the very small capital Vaduz and especially the princiar castle on the mountain offer some spectacular views.. some can be seen here. Sunday night… well, here we go again…

St. Gallen & Appenzell

This is Switzerland… went to StGallen and Appenzell, a small town lost in a valley, recommended by a colleague. Cool trip… StGallen, historic-cultural, Appenzell, traditional-rural, very charming. Highlights – the Cathedral in St. Gallen was AMAZING, so was the monastery library, founded in 860. Very cool the atmosphere in Appenzell, too. Pics here.

Basel

Yahoo all, quick note at the beginning of the week. I’ve been to Basel yesterday, 1 hr by train, “executed” the town in 4 hours, was great. Pictures are here. Highlights were climbing up the Cathedral Tower to dizzying heights, the old center with narrow colorful streets of cobbled stone, as well as crossing the…

First week

Thursday, May 26, 14:11 slow annoying web version of first class, in an internet & games room.feel like a student… 🙂 they have the coolest coins i’ve seen in my life, the swiss, huge 5 francs coins. you need them everywhere… the office is in an industrial suburb of Zurich – I will need to…