Blogs from South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 19

My trip to Geneva was short, but very nice. I left from OTP on the 1st of May, at 06:25 am on the W6 3087 flight and got to GVA on time (08:05 am). The weather was lovely, cloudy and somewhat cold, perfect to walk around. I spent the 2nd of May wandering aimlessly around the streets... Because of the weather I didn't really take many pictures, but the feeling was nice... On the 3rd of May I went to visit CERN, which was amazing. I didn't really see much there, but simply stepping into such a research facility is a dream come true for me, as a researcher. A downside to this whole trip was how expensive everything was there. I didn't really expect it. Fortunately, I decided to make the most of it and ... read more

Surıye'de Barış: Cenevre İzlenimleri “Birleşmiş Milletler Syria Geneva Talks 2” ve “Cenevre Enstitüsü Görüşmeleri” Günlükleri Kısa Notlar Derlemesi – Birinci Bölüm Bir varmış bir yokmuş, Türkiye’nin en uzun sınır paylaştığı komşusunda dökülen kanın sınırı ve aramızdaki sorunun sıfırı yokmuş. Sıfırı tüketmiş insanlık… Öyle olunca, virgülün sağındaki sıfırın da anlamı yok! Sorular sorular... Arabuluculuk vazifesi kimindir? Onurlu çıkış için siyasi çözüm nedir? Suriye'nin kimyasal silahlarını uluslararası denetime açması sonucu 2. Cenevre toplantısının başlamasını da hiç mi hiç istemeyen büyük büyük birader aslında ne istiyor? Tekfirci terörist hangi mukaddes kavrama karşılık gelmekte? Mukavemet Ekseni’nde Körfez'e açılmakta olan İran ve Suriye’yi tehdit olarak görenlerin dayattığı Beşşar Esed’in çekilmesi ön şartı neyin nesidir? Sanmayın ki, Siyonizm bir Yahud... read more

A visit from South Korea We were a bit scared when our friend Minji from South Korea wrote us that she will visit us by the end of september. It can be already really cold then and the weather might be really bad. And what can we do with bad weather in the mountains - not to much. But we stayed positive and were really looking forward for Minji's visit. But before, we had lots to do. We had just moved into our new flat and were still living in between all the boxes. So we had to hurry up to get everything ready before Minji's arrival. Well, let's not talk about sour muscles and long nights ;-). In fact, we did not know each other very well. We met about 1,5 year ago in a ... read more

Motorhome News from Switzerland. Part I 29th August 2013 Dam, Dam, Dam! ........and we're jumping through hoops. As sunflowers droop their heads in sorrow at the passing of another summer and leaves of poplar turn to gold, and autumn sunshine lights fields of maize on rolling hills, the grey haired nomads dawdle the country lanes of France and Switzerland once more in search of memories and enlightenment. Memories of bright red geraniums in window boxes, snow-capped peaks and crystal air, rippling streams and bright green meadows teeming with wildflowers, brown cows and cream, cheese and chocolate, neatly stacked logs for winter comfort and alpine chalets with shingle roofs. That was ten years ago. That was Switzerland. Switzerland, a country much spared from the ravages of World War II. A country sworn to neutrality and still to ... read more

Regardless of the weather we decided that today we would go to Geneva for the day, so (by our standards) we made an early start to drive there. There was of course the inevitable tolls, but as it was only about 85km, they weren't as traumatic as the drive here. There were some passport checks at the border and then as soon as we crossed, we were straight into Geneva. One thing to note when driving into Switzerland, you will need to buy a toll sticker for the car if you are planning on driving on the motorways (sign-posted in green, rather than the blue that's used in France and the UK). As we were only driving into Geneva, we didn't need one. Things did start to get a bit traumatic when we were trying to ... read more