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  • A Walk To The Chateau De Bossey

    A Walk To The Chateau De Bossey

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI walked to the Chateau De Bossey today. It’s an easy walk from one village to another and another after that.

  • A Penguin Feeding a Chick in Switzerland

    A Penguin Feeding a Chick in Switzerland

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI would never expect to see a penguin feeding a chick in the middle of Switzerland in the middle of summer in Switzerland but I did. It’s just a wooden statue but that doesn’t make it any less unexpected. At first I thought it was just a block of wood to…

  • Duck Tales

    Duck Tales

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDucks going out for afternoon tea on the Lac Léman. A mother duck and her ducklings.

  • Relaxing with Language Learning

    Relaxing with Language Learning

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I practiced vocal German and I found it relaxing compared to being with people in person. This pandemic sees the opportunities almost impossible. When I played with voice recognition on the laptop it failed but when I use it on the phone it works fine. Practice speaking with a phone,…

  • Nothing to say

    Nothing to say

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  • Roman and Greek Mythology

    Roman and Greek Mythology

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was looking for this type of information online and I found a few websites that provided such information. This one is useful because it is full of Greek and Roman mythological people so it serves as a good resource. I found it at one of the phone boxes turned into…

  • A Walk In The Shade

    A Walk In The Shade

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteSometimes we walk in the rain and the snow and we get soaked by the weather. Today I drank a litre in an hour and a half of walking. The air temperature is around 31c. I decided to walk from clump of trees to clump of trees. It’s possible. If I…

  • Hay There

    Hay There

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently we have had droughts so hay has not grown much. This year we have had plenty of rain. This means that hay and grass has had a good growing season. This in turn means that there will be plenty of feed for cows. Maybe yesterday’s bison can eat it.

  • The Bison Of Geneva

    The Bison Of Geneva

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Bison Of Geneva and calves I didn’t get too close to the fence and I stayed on the bike. When I have been on foot they have threatened to charge me. Usually I see them from far away. This time I was close.

  • Views From Les Diablerets

    Views From Les Diablerets

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I walked in the mountains for the first time in a long time. It feels good to be back up there.