Month: March 2010
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Hotel Beaulac at Neuchâtel
I stayed at Hotel Beaulac during my first week in Switzerland. It has a modern lobby, a minimalist fireplace, and a restaurant separated from the lobby by a saltwater aquarium (pictures of the creatures will follow). However, the room I had was basic and much less attractive. But they gave me mini Toblerone chocolate nightly.…
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A Room With A View
When I arrived in Switzerland at the end of January, I stayed at the Hotel Beaulac during my first week because the company apartment was not yet ready. The hotel is on the lake front but apparently I was not important enough to be given a room with the lake view. My window faces the…
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Swiss demographics
We have become a part of a statistic. According to the latest figures: Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Foreigners made up 21.98 percent of the Swiss resident population in 2009, figures released by the Federal Statistics Office show, a relatively stable percentage. Overall, the resident population of Switzerland continued to grow at a steady pace, to…
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Moving Out of Edgewater
After day one, almost everything was wrapped or packed. The packing crew separated the stuff that was to be sent by air freight from those that was to be shipped by container. The final count of boxes was 283 !! (can you believe it ?), of which 7 were to be flown over. Don’t ask…
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Packing Up Edgewater
Our move consisted of two days, a first day for packing up all the stuff in cardboard boxes and a second day for loading them onto a container. Originally, it was scheduled for January 25 and 26. But on Friday January 22, I asked the movers to come a day later since we were so…
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Sunrise at Edgewater
These photos were taken from our balcony at the beginning of our last day at Edgewater. The movers were coming to pick up our stuff at 8 am so we were up super-early. The NYC ferry just swept by to pick up its first load of passengers. Sue went to grab breakfast from McDonalds. Rise…