Saturday, January 23, 2010
Apologies for no post yesterday. Sammy’s been having a hard time over the past few days. Every parking complex in which we’ve been thus far has had electric signage at the entrance and at every level telling you how many empty parking spots are left on each level. What’s more, the parking complex in the […]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
After 7 days, today I finally saw not one, but TWO other lone men pushing baby strollers. While it remains nowhere near as common as in Toronto, I feel somewhat less alone now. I had my first communications failure today. Among my list of things to get today were measuring spoons. I searched the kitchen […]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Here are some additional Neuchâtel pics, mostly taken yesterday: http://www.permanent-expatriate.com/neuchatel3/
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Today, Sammy and I finally found our way up the hill in the middle of town into the castle for which the city is named. Here is photo-documentation of our journey: http://www.permanent-expatriate.com/neuchatel2/
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I’ve been wondering why people look at me funny when I walk around town. I’ve isolated the following possible contributing factors, and feel that any or all of them could be playing a role: A man pushing a baby stroller by himself. (The Swiss are entertainingly sexist about these things. Many people have commented on […]
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
In the local supermarket this morning, I saw Lagavulin 16yr for HALF the price the LCBO charges. It’s nice not having an ocean between me and Scotland.  🙂  However, said ocean does not explain why top-shelf Cuban cigars are also half the price as Toronto.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Switzerland does not have barbecue chips. In their place on the chip aisle are paprika chips, which are the same yet somehow slightly better. After a few days of walking around, Martha and I never once saw a grill on anyone’s balcony. We took this to perhaps mean that people here don’t barbecue at all. […]
Here are the first batch of pics from our new home in Switzerland. In the interests of keeping our pictures ours, I am serving them from my host rather than putting them somewhere like Facebook (though they will be pulled to my Facebook vis RSS). If you are seeing this on Facebook, please go here […]
Saturday, January 16, 2010
After nearly 36 hours in this place, I have made note of the following things: I have yet to meet anyone without at least barebones English and the willingness to use it for the benefit of North American barbarians. There are lots of birds here; many more than I am used to seeing in January. […]
Friday, November 13, 2009
The long-delayed announcement can finally be made… My family and I are relocating to Switzerland in the new year! My wife has secured employment with a large multinational corporation (who shall remain nameless on this forum) that is moving us across the Atlantic posthaste. We’ve been holding off on explicitly discussing this online until all […]