Month: December 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne is the other city that we might move to next year. The aerial photo of Lausanne above with the Alps in the background is borrowed from Lausanne’s wikipedia entry – Lausanne wiki. This city is the home of the International Olympic Committee, hence, the five rings outside its main railway station. The day we…
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Neuchâtel is one of the two cities in Switzerland where we might call it our home next year. Lausanne is the other city, and both are in the French-speaking region of the country. The above photo is taken from wikipedia which contains a detailed description of the history and sights of the city – Neuchâtel…
Christmas Party 2009 #1
We went to our first christmas party of the year at Ron and Betty’s. Having tasted their past culinary efforts, we knew this lunch was something that cannot be missed. They started with a warm celery root soup, fried pancetta, with a drizzle of chive oil, followed by meguez sausages sandwich with caramelized balsamic onions.…
Jet Lag / Lost In A Moment
I am reading “Pattern Recognition” – a sci-fi-ish fiction by William Gibson. His style in describing all things near-futuristic can sometimes be abstract, to say the least. But it surely beats something that reads like a fanboy’s wish lists of next-generation gadgets. The main character is a media consultant who is psychologically “allergic” to certain…