It Takes a Village (Association)
If you’ve been road-tripping around Switzerland this summer, you may have happened upon that charming, picture-postcard town or village exclaiming, …
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Digital Storytelling
These past few months I have been sharing my newfound knowledge and skills with interested members of the AIWC. We learn how to capture a personal moment, or create a living document of a special person, object or event.
If Music be the Love of Food, Play On!
It has long been studied and accepted that music is good for humans, animals and even plants. Now music is being studied for its effects on the ageing process of cheese… (yes even bacteria are listening…) and the results are positive, so say the Swiss.
The Fête des Vignerons
The 12th performance of the Fête des Vignerons runs from July 18-August 11, 2019. It started recently trending …
The Swiss Talk a Blue Streak…in the world of cheese
As a true blue lover of blue cheese, I always defaulted to the world’s most celebrated: Roquefort, Stilton, Danish blue …
Switzerland Leading Us into Temptation Two New Swiss Trends in Food
Switzerland is the first European country to legalize insects as food on a mass scale.
…And We Thought Technology was Revolutionizing OUR Lives!…
The year 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of one of the largest cultural/religious/informational revolutions Europe. And 500 years ago, …
Swiss Voices Rising – The Swiss National Yodeling Festival
Sir Walter Scott wrote in his June 4, 1830 journal: “Anne wants me to go hear the Tyrolese Minstrels … I cannot but think their yodeling … is a variation upon the tones of a jackass.” But what did he know?
All From a Challenge to Write a Ghost Story “One Dark and Stormy Night*” —The Creation of Frankenstein
The 200th anniversary of the writing of Frankenstein/The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley is being celebrated in Geneva most appropriately—just …
Re-Visiting the Red Cross/Red Crescent Museum
The Musée Internationale de la Croix Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (MICR) (the Red Cross/Red Crescent Museum) has re-opened its doors …
Living In Geneva 