Posts Tagged ‘efficiency’

SBB Delight

I just heard on the news that Britain is having its coldest few days in almost 30 years.  The children will be having fun building snowmen, but the world of the grownups has ground to a standstill.  Closed roads, no schools, no flights and no trains.

Winterthur - Switzerland by Kecko (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kecko)

Although it’s an exceptionally cold winter over there, it all sounds too familiar.  (more…)

In the fast lane to Swissness

Here in Switzerland, the road to integration has been a fairly smooth one - especially in terms of paperwork.

After landing at Zurich Airport with plans to stay, the customs official barely glanced at my passport - despite the fact that I was carrying two cats and clearly not a tourist. Apparently, he was saving his questions for my husband. (more…)