Category: events
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The Beginning of Our Third Year in Lausanne
Time flies. Lausanne has been our home for the last two years. In the summer of 2010, we left our temporary corporate housing in Peseux and moved into this apartment. Here are some links to our past posts documenting the journey from the US: Moving out of Edgewater in 2010 Temporary housing in Peseux Moving…
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Champions League Final Munich 2012
As mentioned in the last post, we were the guests of a broadcaster of the Champions League Final in Munich. We were so excited. Go back to the post and see us holding the cup ! The game started with the usual fanfare, which we normally ignore when watching the game on TV. The two…
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Champions League Final Munich 2012 pre-game
We were very lucky to be the guests of a broadcast partner of the Champions League Final in Munich. For my American friends and readers, this is the Superbowl equivalent in European football (soccer) – so it is a very big deal here. The final match was held on May 19, 2012 in Munich at…
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I ♥ NY: A Weekend In New York
I (Chris) was back in New York for a business trip. This is first time I spent a whole weekend there since we moved two years ago. The meeting ended with the beginning of the memorial day weekend and I was happy to see many good friends over several meals. With my colleagues, we had…
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Electron Festival 2012, Geneva
Electron is a four-day festival that ran from April 5 to April 8, spanning the Easter weekend of 2012. Below is this year’s poster – the city in the background is Geneva. It is an annual electronic cultures festival that included workshops, contemporary art exhibits, concerts, conferences and parties. These events took place at various…
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Las Vegas celebrates the year of the Dragon
We arrived in Vegas a week after the Lunar New Year, so the crowds had died down a bit but the decorations were still up. As many Asians enjoy gambling and even more indulge in shopping, Las Vegas has been rolling out the red carpet for them. Chinese new year was lavishly celebrated in a…