Month: May 2015
Finding the “13”, part 3
Today is the 14th of May 2015 which is a Thursday and also a public holiday. In fact, I(Chris) have tomorrow off as well, resulting in a 4-day long weekend. Yesterday the 13th felt really like a Friday – so we thought it’s time to post some of these photos. This is part 3 of a…
Canola, Colza, Rapeseed
In many parts of Europe, including Switzerland, April and May is the season for this plant which produces flowers with an intense yellow color. The plant is known as canola, colza, rapeseed or in Latin – Brassica. It is a member of the Cruciferous (Brassicaceae) family, sometimes referred to as the mustard family. The name “cruciferous”comes from the shape…
Glacier 3000 in mid-summer, Les Diablerets
This was a visit we made a while back with our friend YS who came in July. We went hiking on the first day to Lac Liosin (click here for great pictures of the mountain lake). And on the second day, we went to Les Diablerets. Setting off from Leysin (where we stayed overnight), we drove back onto Route…
Les Automnales, Genève
After a series of posts on Malaysia, we thought it’s time to change the topic. So… back to Switzerland … One weekend last year in autumn / fall, our friend F suggested that we go to this event called Les Automnales which was held at the Palexpo – the international exhibition center next to Geneva airport.…