Never judge a book by its cover, Frank N Furter loved to say. Never judge a nation from your neighbour, I would like to add, if needed.
Yesterday during my bike tour, I stumbled into a group of Swiss folklore musicians which really made me feeling home. Curious, kind and eager to explain me what was going on with those dozens of horns and judges, bratwurst and beers from all over the neighbouring cantons.
Running, biking, sailing, canyoing, climbing and flying. Skip the last three, still yesterday 50 kms biking from Zurich to Rapperswill via Forch were “something” to remember. Check out the route pictures here!
Three years ago somebody showed me how chocolate plus a cola can plus sunshine could start a fire … or better, she tried to show me …
She failed because she did not have this brand new technological device produced oversea in the far far away land of Perpetual Rain, where probably sunshine is not so often powerful enough to use it … Nevertheless, here in sunny Switzerland it works! I even manage to ignite the electric stove with it Thank you for the gift my dear Putzfrau!
Magnifire: the fire in your pocket, at least when sun shines out your a** … ehm… additionally, as I got older, I find it useful also to read subtitles at the cinema
These pictures were taken in a land, North-East from Frankfurt, still only partly discovered by tourism pilgrims. Close to the more notorious Weimar, cut by a river called Gera, lies Erfurt. Pay a visit to the city of Martin Luther!
For a 500€ rental by Europcar Italy, I had to pay an extra 700€ fee just 3 months after I returned the car. If you oddly still want to rent one of their cars (do you work for them?), I would suggest you:
- Never accept a Europcar Italy car already damaged: they will easily find a way to charge you the damage somebody previously did
- Never give back a Europcar Italy car without having somebody inspecting it in front of you, or they will easily charge you whatever damage they will find (any damage happening in their parking slot between the time you parked the car and they inspect it is at your charge)
- Always double check a Europcar Italy contract: Europcar service must sign it too, or the contract will have no value later.
I had to pay 700€ for a scratch (!) I never did and I’ve never seen (!) on a FIAT Punto: the sum was calculated by adding around 500€ of hand work, 100€ of materials and 100€ of logistic expenses. It seems not only Europcar Italy likes to rob its (ex)clients ..
We had another ’round -10°C day today in Zurich. In Italy you say “it’s so cold penguins come through the windows”. In Switzerland, they just take a walk down to the zoo Click HERE for the full reportage.
I never found a free wi-fi spot when I needed a map on my Android phone. So I was map less for quite a while. Something I never experienced with Nokia and its OVI Maps.
There is a way to make your Android phone really smart without paying a cent. Install Locus Free and save the vector maps you need in \Locus\mapsVector on your external card.
Never again without maps! Additionally, vector maps are very small (142 MB for whole Switzerland), detailed, updated and fast to download on your desktop!
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Thank you for the gift my dear Putzfrau!
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