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Category Archives: Switzerland
Single Price: An Arm And A Leg
Most of the billboards I saw last week in favor of the single price for books have been replaced by more mundane posters for individual candidates or parties. Of those I noticed, only one remains. On the other hand, I … Continue reading
Oui Au Livre? Swiss Referendum On The Regulation Of Book Prices
Preparation is underway for the national vote next month in Switzerland. On March 11, citizens will vote on five different referenda. Among the proposals, a limit on the number of secondary residences per commune, an increase of the minimum amount … Continue reading
eReaders Go Mainstream In Switzerland?
Yesterday, I passed by the FNAC in Lausanne during opening hours and had a chance to pop in to see what was new. I noticed that they had moved the eReaders from the locked glass display case in the mobile … Continue reading
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eBooks At Payot In Switzerland
Last year, a few weeks before Christmas, I went to Payot in Lausanne to see what the largest French-language bookstore in Switzerland was proposing to readers looking for eBooks. A year ago, they didn’t have a story. A few months … Continue reading
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Swiss iBookstore Now Spricht Nur Deutsch
I finally got around to upgrading my iPad to iOS5. The process took about an hour and a half from start to finish and ate up most of my free time yesterday evening so I didn’t have time to investigate … Continue reading
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Saturday Afternoon At The Museum: Three Original Views Of America
A few weeks ago, I wrote about The Other America, an exhibition at L’Elysee, a photography museum in Lausanne. Today is the last day of the exhibition, and I managed to take a few hours out of my schedule yesterday … Continue reading
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The Other America
I was startled to see this poster on my way to the store this morning, almost as if images of my recent thoughtful preoccupations were being projected onto the billboards in the streets.
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Indian Summer
We’re having a gorgeous Indian Summer here in Switzerland. I was able to enjoy it this weekend in Crans-Montana in Valais. The forecast says it will continue for the coming week and into next weekend.
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Omens
On my way to work his morning I passed two policemen photographing the scene. Looking up, I could barely make out the victims, dangling motionlessly in the gray morning sky.
August 1st
Yesterday was the Swiss National Day. Here are a few pictures taken in the evening from the port of Ouchy in Lausanne where there was a lively crowd.
The well-prepared mind 