Chris and Sue’s Excellent(?) Adventures

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  • Pritzker 2010 winner – The Rolex Learning Center at EPFL: Part 2

    Continuing with our nocturnal exploration of the Rolex Learning Center at EPFL, one of our local universities … (part 1 is here). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVyBgXK9rY?rel=0&w=510&h=383] Even though it was nearly 10pm, the place was still open and there were a few students studying inside. Standing in the middle of one of those open circular space, one

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  • Pritzker 2010 winner – The Rolex Learning Center at EPFL: Part 1

    We should have posted these videos and pictures two and a half years ago !  But this adventure is worth the wait. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIgLmDKuAc0?rel=0&w=510&h=383] One summer night in 2010, while IT was visiting, we had dinner in Morges. And on our way back to Lausanne, we avoided the highway and used local roads which pass

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  • La Table d’Edgard, Lausanne Palace Hotel & Spa

    We had lunch at this local hotel restaurant in autumn last year. It is one of several restaurants in the Lausanne area that has been awarded at least one Michelin star. The chef M. Edgard Bovier was very friendly and came out of the kitchen to chat with the patrons, including us, in French and English.

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  • London 2012 Olympics snapshots, Part 3

    Here are some pictures of the other venues of the 2012 London Olympics located outside the main venue at Stratford. To recap briefly, we had a chance to see the 2012 summer games up close and here are our earlier posts: snapshots part 1, part 2, International Broadcast Center, badminton, diving, and track cycling. We were lucky to

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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