She was a long cool woman in a black dress…
24 August 2022 This morning I found myself quietly sitting on a bench on Bahnhofstrasse, Zürich, quietly watching the early morning commute go by. I …
Unintentional French Intentions – France 2022
Narrow streets of cobblestone
24/08/2022 Somewhere around the 15th century, some farmers, winemakers, merchant, and some other hard-working folk settled themselves around a canal of the Lauch river. They …
It wasn’t roaring, it was weeping…
25/08/2022 In 1792, a certain Officer Muller, along with many other mercenary soldiers from central Switzerland were commanded to serve the French King Louis XVI. …
It’s all happening at the zoo..
26/08/2022 It’s probably a blessing that we tend to forget some of the very annoying experiences in our lives. Like returning a hired car to …
The wheels of the bus…
28/08/2022 The French language has grammatical genders. And it seems like it is quite the toss-up as to whether something happens to be male or …
And I will give to you summer wine
29/08/2022 Today we learnt some things that we can almost immediately forget again. Like trying to find the tram that goes from the central train …
The Haka
By Niel Muller 30/08/2022 You might have noticed that Wesmè uses a song title (or a lyric from a song) for her daily blog. You …
A good friend and a glass of wine..
By Niel Muller 31/08/2022 The last couple of days had been a wine lover’s dream, so I again took the opportunity on this day, exactly …
Take a sip of my wine…
01/09/2022 Before we left for France, we tried to find out as much as possible about how we could get the best experiences around wine …
Sur le pont d’Avignon…
02/09/2022 Avignon is an absolute maze of cobblestone streets and historic buildings. The year is 1309. A new pope is elected. Pope Clement V. And …