Working in Europe earning some hardy euro is the name of the game and bicycles, a plethora of dutch art, small houses and holiday festivities are getting in the way!

Gallery: switzerland in a camera phone

Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery

celebration of the swiss box

Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [1886]

there is nothing so clean as the swiss box no corners so perpendicular no pine boards quite so even with lacquer and no knots quite so ‘knotlike’ i love the cultural pragmatism and logic that is infused in swiss architecture simple geometries ... Read more >

Tags: architecture, mountains, rant, swiss

Gallery: switzerland round 2

Saturday, 18 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: a swiss franc in a swiss bank? not a chance!

Saturday, 18 Oct 2008 | Photo Gallery

about grossvati

Thursday, 11 Sep 2008 | Views [1916]

i’ve been lucky enough to have attended only three funerals.   so it was very strange to think I was the representative for my entire family at my grandfather’s ceremony. suddenly, the stubborn grandfather I have always so respected, loved ... Read more >

Tags: memoir for the buettikofers