Stories from travels in

Switzerland

Wishes do come true

What to do? Shops exhausted. Christmas markets all ticked off. Singing Christmas tree marvelled at. What I needed was a dose of mountain air and

The Singing Christmas Tree in Zurich

I live a life without issue, that is I have no children. I can’t ever remember wanting to have children but that said, I wouldn’t

Biggest, brightest, best

I’m quite partial to  the concept of Christmas markets. I like wandering around, wrapped against the elements, clutching my steaming mug of hot wine and

A change of heart

The last time I was in Zurich, some random individual (male) got on the tram and started whaling on me with a rolled-up magazine. It

La Sixieme Heure

To say Geneva is expensive is a little like saying that Sultan Kösen is tall. It’s just a hair’s breadth from being a massive understatement.

Geneva conventions

I was proposed to in Geneva. Earlier this year, in January. As I stood outside these very gates. And I was flattered. He described himself