Tag: switzerland
Landing In Switzerland
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0OidBDlWBE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] This is a video of a landing plane and a moving train. It was shot just before my flight landed at the Geneva airport and contains near the end a short clip of my train from Geneva to Neuchâtel. It captures the moment of my first landing on Swiss soil as a foreign worker.…
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…
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…
First Post from Europe
Hello. Bonjour from Switzerland. 恭喜發財 Kung Hei Fat Choy ! We wish you all a Prosperous New Year of the Tiger and Happy Valentine’s Day. With the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the start of O Carnaval in Rio, what a busy weekend ! We are back online. The biggest adventure has just…