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Lausanne at Night
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rlc7wnSpko&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] This 360° video is taken from Bel-Air, which is kind of like the Union Square of Lausanne. Lausanne is very hilly. Its center sits on top of several hilltops linked my bridges. The hilltops and the valleys in between are connected by public elevators and stairs. Several levels of parking garages and shops are
Tunisian Takeout
Everything is closed here after 6pm except restaurants. Dimly lit restaurants do not offer takeout food. They sell ambience and not convenience. Bright lights signify a takeout joint. In the US, pizza and chinese takeout are very popular. In the UK, fish’n’chips and indian curries are dominant. In Switzerland, or at least the parts that
Our Old Cars: #1
Since I was talking about car yesterday, I thought about my old cars. In theory, we could have taken at least one of the cars with us since we are nowhere near filling up the 40-foot container that the company provides for shipment of our things. In practice, it seems quite complicated to get the
A Temporary Means of Transportation
The company has generously providing me with this rental car from Hertz for 60 days. It is a Mercedes-Benz A180, a rather small car that I have never seen in the states. Here’s a link to this car on the Swiss MB’s multimedia web site: A-Klasse. In the US, I think they sell only class C
