Category: Switzerland
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A Medium Drive
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today I am more than five minutes from home. I am in St Moritz for a change. I will write more when I have something to write about. For now I am far from the noise of a certain music festival.
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A Two and a Half Hour Walk
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday afternoon I was convinced that I would have a short easy walk, just to get out of the house. In reality I walked from Nyon to Bonmont and back along roads, but also farm paths. I walked this route because I decided that going for a walk would keep me…
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Impressions of the Škoda WLC
Reading Time: 3 minutes Most of us will associate Škoda with the Tour De France and vice versa. When my brother got a Škoda that’s what I associated it with. Škoda France has a team of people that organise group cycling events to promote the Škoda brand. ## Critical Mass and Others I have cycled…
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Shopping With an E-Scooter
Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the years I have enjoyed driving to the shops with a petrol driven scooter for daily shops. I liked that it was small, light and convenient. I only got rid of it, after sixteen years of use because of the cost for a service. Usually it was about 500 but…
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On Summer Heat in a Very Noisy Village
Reading Time: 4 minutes For as long as I remember I have enjoyed summer heat. For a long time I lived in a house that was like a cave in summer. It would be 30°c outdoors but 21 to 25°c indoors. It felt like stepping into a cave when I got home. For a summer…
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Twice the Driving Range
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today I refuelled the car after 380 kilometres for about 30 CHF. A few years ago, when I refuelled another car it cost me 70 CHF to refuel a car, to travel 400 kilometres. This means that the car I drive now costs half as much, in petrol, despite the…
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Why Would They Build This in the Middle of Nowhere
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recently someone said “I wonder why they would build the Abbey d’Oujon in the middle of nowhere and someone asked the same about Romainmôtier and the idea is an interesting one. It’s interesting because until motorways and before an extra four to six billion peoples wewre born and survived infancy the…
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The Decision Not to Drive For Sports On a Sunday
Reading Time: 3 minutes This weekend I could have gone to Bellevaux for the VF, Thones for the VF, Kandersteg for the VF, and gone to Charmey, Rocher de Naye and one other places for hikes and climbing. I chose to do none of these things. My reason for this is to save money on…
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The Pleasure of Looking for New Routes
Reading Time: 3 minutes For several years I explored every route that was walkable from my village. In the process I found loops that took up to four hours to complete. When there was no traffic they were all pleasant, whether it was wet, dry, hot, cold or windy. As cars and driving re-emerged plenty…