Jail hotel

Literally creepy!! Basement was also a packed nightclub ;) definitely a night to remember...


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Swizerland IS perfect

We just found this outdoor automatic lawn mower. Really? Yes, it stops at the driveway and knows when to turn around near the bushes. Clearly in Switzerland life is too good to spend time grooming the grass ;) lustig!!


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Sales

The summer is the time for sales Europe! Swiss goods are 20-25% more than Germany but the drastic depreciation of the CHF to the Euro has made this even more dramatic. Swiss sales have to plummet to compete ;)


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Raclette

This is a raclette station at the Zurich festival for independence day. Raclette is a summer-ish fondue where you put hard cheese under a burner and scrape off the burned and melted layer onto bread with veggies (if desired).


This was about USD12 for a piece of bread with cheese on top - the Swiss do love their quality cheese and bread mmmm!

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Ellen made it!

Ellen being bashful on the bus to Basel SBB from the airport :) willkommen!!


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Outdoor theaters

All August we have the Orange Cinema that has outdoor movies every night - in English, German, and French.


You can see the screen here next to one of the oldest plazas in Basel. They show some choice ads before (mostly cars) and the area is surrounded by lounge sofas and free aperol and ice cream!

Last week my friend Meric and I saw Midnight in Paris - so fun!

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Office buildings

The Novartis Campus is full of super modern buildings, all designed by famous architects with dramatic gardens and surroundings. This is the one i see right outside my office - covered in glass of all different colors of blues and greens.


I'll post my favourite building soon - it looks like a cloud!

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