Category: Geneva
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What I learned after three weeks with a cat
Reading Time: 2 minutes What I learned after three weeks with a cat is that they’re easy to take care of. Cleaning up the litter tray takes seconds and providing them with food two to three times a day is simple. It’s also simple to keep them entertained. A ball of string on a string…
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The Foggiest Idea
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Foggiest idea, or a pun, after a walk this morning through Geneva on a foggy day. “The Jet D’eau will be off”, I thought. It was pumping out water at its usual rate but you’d find it hard to see. The grey/white fog, along with the white water, converged…
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Blobs in Geneva
Reading Time: < 1 minute Today I walked around Geneva and in at least three locations I spotted these blobs guarding various places. These two are guarding the entrance to the old town. I like the contrast between the modern blobs above the gate to the old town of Geneva and the statue of Pictet…
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The Noise of Towns
Reading Time: < 1 minute When you live in town you have a lot of noise. You have the noise of cars, of construction, of buses, trucks and road sweeps. You also have the occasional people shouting, beeping and more. Logically this should make sleeping in town harder. It’s so constant that it’s like the…
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City Cat Sitting.
Reading Time: < 1 minute For the first time in my life I am cat sitting. I’m used to village cats and this is a city cat so I don’t know how much time I need to spend with the cat, how much I need to play and more. When I look after toddlers I…
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Cycling to the City that Never Wakes Up
Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday I wanted to go for a bike ride. I hesitated between driving to the Vallée De Joux and cycling around the lake, cycling up to Les Rousses and facing a long and sustained uphill or cycling to a meeting in Geneva. In the end, I cycled to the meeting in…
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Montagne en Scène Genève
Reading Time: 2 minutes Au Vieux Campeur held the summer mountain film screening event at the Batiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva. They introduced the event as being the opportunity for them to share the passion of the mountains with people who may not be aware of the activities that are possible. They then went…
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As if they were flying
Reading Time: < 1 minute As if they were flying – you see a few sequences with the Jet D’eau in the background. They appear weightless. Micha Hurni – Helvetic Tricking 400fps from Swisstricks on Vimeo.