These are a bunch of photos covering random events      Out in Zurich with the Candian Au Pair crowd (2001).     Melinda with Curious George.                       A few parties at my apartment in Baden (2001).      (L) Me and the two Alexes on Swiss, Read More

Here’s a collection of photos from several hikes I did over the summer of 2002 in Central Switzerland… Appenzellerland – 11-12 May For the first hike of the year we (Mike and Amy Griggs, Nick Waddsley and Mark McCarthy – all friends from work) decided to head towards the hills surrounding 2502m Saentis in, Read More

Well, my time has come – for now at least – to leave this land of good chocolate, cuckoo clocks, smelly cheeses, incredible mountains, filthy cigarettes, Nazi gold, ridiculous small dogs, offensive prices, and many somewhat humourless law-abiding people!  Hey, but it’s not all bad!!!  I couldn’t have asked for more out of the, Read More

(Yet another trip well before the era of digital cameras!  I’ll have to scan in some photos sometime…) While I was interning at ABB Power Generation in Switzerland in 1998-1999, I was able to negotiate six weeks off to backpack around Europe over the summer.  Here’s a summary of the trip, with extracts from, Read More

Here’s another transcribed group email I sent out during my first year living in Switzerland: Since I’ve been back from Turkey (did I mention how good THAT trip was???) I’ve been going non-stop.  Not work mind you, because due to this crazy country I haven’t worked a full five day working week since I got, Read More

I recently dug up some old group emails that my Mum has held onto, and decided to spend some time transcribing them back online for posterity here on my site (as my old Hotmail account dating back to the nineties is long gone). Grüezi miteinander! Sorry I haven’t been around for a while but, Read More

Here’s an extract from an old group email I sent around: Grüezi! Welcome to the second edition!  For all those original subscribers, thanks for continuing to buy this trash.  For the new subscribers, welcome aboard.  Your business is appreciated.  If any of you want a back-copy of the first edition “Amazing Thailand:, send your, Read More