no “madame–baby” wake-up call this morning (i guess mr charming realized that madame was already taking a shower when he called) but a bit of re-packing before breakfast as today we are relocating to tralee in county kerry. having learnt … Continue reading
oh, look, rain!…kevin’s way…glendalough
ring, ring — mrs d picks up the phone, it’s the 7:15 wake-up call and, as expected, nobody answers back. time to get up. ring, ring — mrs d picks up the phone yet again, this time round it’s the … Continue reading
on an irish pilgrimage…
the next 10 days we are taking part in a spiritual journey through ireland. really kind of a pilgrimage, a christian pilgrimage to be precise, by bus (not a lot of walking involved, unfortunately) to the places of the old, … Continue reading
more vincent stuff…
looking through drscofield’s twitter messages of the past couple of days i noticed @pixelq’s twitter about “watching the world” and i had to head over to (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV1YbWBSXS8) to watch this 3D internet masterpiece once more. IMHO it’s one of the … Continue reading
felsenputzing, take 2
if you thought my post about felsenputzing was a joke, think again. courtesy of avid tagesanzeiger reader, mrs d, the link for all of you who want to become expert felsenputzer: register here.
having a look at vincent’s pictures
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the kunstmuseum in basel is hosting an exhibition of vincent van gogh’s landscape pictures and we had been planning on going up to basel and having a look at them. so, as this sunday had more or less non-stop rain … Continue reading
16:00 back in einsiedeln
at lucerne verkehrshaus i disembark one station earlier than planned, trying to catch the voralpenexpress train back to biberbrugg. with a bit of, let’s say, fast-hobbling i manage to catch the train and am on my way back home. at … Continue reading
middle of lake lucerne, 14:00
the post bus ride from ibergeregg pass down to schwyz was, well, exciting if not adventurous. in contrast to the more gentle norther approach from oberiberg, the southern approach really takes you into the alps with breathtaking views across lake … Continue reading
ibergeregg pass, 10:20
first stop on my tour through the swiss alps by public transport: ibergeregg pass. the post bus from oberiberg wound its way up the pass road navigating lots of curves and bends each time sounding its characteristic swiss post bus … Continue reading
einsiedeln, 9:05
having hobbled to einsiedeln station, i’m in time for the 9:05 post bus to oberiberg — the weather is fantastic and i do envy mrs d for her snowshoe hike from the gotthard pass up to fibbia, a tour i’d … Continue reading
groundforce afternoon
originally our plans for the pentecost weekend had been to do a two day walk in the napf area, a rather nice walking area between lucerne and berne. originally… well, two weeks ago we set out to find the “across … Continue reading
stumbling over words…
[some german skills required] i used to sing in the church choir of the united methodist church adliswil back then when we still lived in adliswil. around december of last year michael hug, a very good friend of mine, asked … Continue reading
