Category: Swiss walks
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Nid-De-Poule and Yerba Maté
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrench speakers are familiar with the term “Nid-De-Poule”. It is a term used to describe potholes in French. This is a term I heard regularly but due to modern farm practices you don’t see these when they’re made by chickens. Chickens usually live in chicken coops and they don’t have the time…
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Trees Turning Green
Reading Time: 2 minutesTrees are currently turning green on the Jura. Leaves are growing and so the colour of the Jura is shifting from brown to green at last. Trees suffer in Summer at the moment, due to the lack of rain. That lack of rain results in them changing colour sooner. Yesterday I went…
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Playing With Migros SubitoGo
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried playing with Migros SubitoGo and the experience was good. You scan the QR code for the shop as you enter and then you scan the products that you want to buy. I kept them in my hands until I got to the checkout counters. Passabene With Passabene you shop,…
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A Walk at the Snow Line
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe most striking thing about a winter with little to no snow is that there is no noise. Normally ski lifts clank, people talk and there is a lot of noise When there has been very little snow the ski lifts are turned off and the mountains are quiet. This is…
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Lac De Divonne
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a lake that was dug out when they built the A1 motorway. The quarry that was left behind became a lake. For a long time cars could drive around the lake. The loop around the lake is good for walking, cycling, rollerblading and more. It is around 3.6km long and there…
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On The Habit of Daily Walks
Reading Time: 2 minutesMen’s Health has an article about a person that walked 10,000 steps a day for a month, when his normal step count is 4000. According to the Pedometer++ app on my phone I have taken more than 10,000 steps a day for 140 days in a row. I have to take 10,000…