Latest posts by B GWe had a fascinating lesson in sheep psychology this weekend while walking along the pristine countryside around Aubonne. (see Autumn walk in Aubonne for more on Aubonne's beauty). Walking along an unfrequented wooded path we chanced upon a flock of sheep grazing. A sight so common that we didn't ev...
Posted on 21 April 2014 | 5:51 pm
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Some 100 meters deep in the bowels of the earth below where I stand, millions and millions of protons go around and round in a large 27 km circle that stretches from the Jura in France to Lake Geneva in Switzerland. They move faster and faster till they are almost at the speed of light in a tube tha...
Posted on 16 March 2014 | 12:32 am
Read postGeneva has a population of less than half million (472,530 to be precise); all of those people and more seem to have gathered around Lake Geneva, Saturday night to watch the grand feu d'artifice that marks the end of the summer Fete. Traditional since 1947 and arguably the largest display in Europe.
Posted on 11 August 2013 | 9:12 pm
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