Month: February 2023

  • The Millennium series – The Girl Who Lived Twice

    The Millennium series – The Girl Who Lived Twice

    Apart from travel-related topics, we occasionally talk about books on the blog. I(Chris) just finished “The Girl Who Lived Twice” (original title in Swedish: Det som inte dödar oss, or ’She Who Must Die’) in audiobook format. This book is the sixth in the Millennium series that was started by Stieg Larsson.  The English translation of…

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  • Random Moment #13 – The Captain of Her Heart

    Random Moment #13 – The Captain of Her Heart

    Random Moment is a playlist series which we started posting during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Each playlist comprises typically 4 songs totaling at around 10-20 minutes of listening time. We believe this format can minimally sustain a musical mood and provides a short break from chores. For example, it can accompany you on a…

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  • Sigriswil Panorama Bridge, Switzerland

    Sigriswil Panorama Bridge, Switzerland

    As we drove around Thurnersee on Seestrasse (see earlier posts here and here), at Gunten, we turned uphill and climbed to Sigriswil which is located at 810 m (2660 feet). We came to see the Sigriswil panoramic bridge (Panoramabrücke Sigriswil) that traverses the 182 m deep Gummischlucht gorge through which the stream Guntenbach runs into…

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