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Nyon to Yvoire, Lac Léman
While Sis was visiting, we decided to go to Yvoire which lies on the other side of Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) in France. There is a ferry service that leaves from Lausanne, making several stops on the Swiss and French sides, with Yvoire being one of the stops. But we were up too late and could
Toboggan at La Vue-des-Alpes
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rkisSmfAu4&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0] La Vue-des-Alpes is a stopover on the scenic road to La Chaux de Fonds from Neuchâtel. Located on the Jura at 4200 feet, it commands a panoramic view across to the Alps. We discovered a toboggan track, also known as la luge d’été (summer luge) – basically, a plastic bucket seat with wheels that
Cowbell Music
When you think of Swiss cowbell, you would imagine a quite annoying, loud – dong, dong, dong sound. Apparently not so in the field. The closest I can think of is the sound made by a wind chime. It also evokes the musical sound of Indonesian Gamelan. They make a continuous tinkering sound, dissonant and
Olafur Eliasson’s Sense of Space: NYC Waterfalls
I am too busy at work and at the new home to report on recent happenings. So it is time to offload some posts that have been sitting around, let’s visit NYC, my fav place on this planet. The New York City Waterfalls was unexpectedly a controversial public art project. It was dismantled early because
