Tag: boston

  • Random photos #11 – #15

    These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each photo a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember). #11 –  the sky  –  Madeira #12…

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  • 2012: A year of “foreign” travels

    2012: A year of “foreign” travels

    As the end of 2012 is drawing close, we look back to some of the places we visited this year. Let’s start with those that were outside of Switzerland. We will follow up with a second post of the trips we made in 2012 within Switzerland. Click to jump to the posts – there are…

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  • Boston academic bookstore tour: Harvard

    As I was saying in the previous post on visiting the MIT Press bookstore, we really crave visiting English language bookstores while living in continental Europe. This is the American Book Center we visited in Amsterdam. So, back to when I was in Boston, the other academic bookstore I visited was the Harvard Coop in Harvard…

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  • Boston academic bookstore tour: Massachussetts Institute of Technology

    Earlier this month, I (Chris) went on a business trip to Boston and had a half-day which was free of meetings. Having been to Boston many times before and I probably saw most of the major sights. What should I do with that free time in this city? Living in Lausanne, we are a bit…

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