This is why I love the French side of Switzerland:

mut and I are sitting in a tiny sandwich-and-coffee place on a corner in Geneva, when something in the room goes tweet! It's one of the ubiquitous, miscellaneous small brown birds that the town is full of, and it's hopping around the floor prospecting for croissant crumbs. Deciding that the ( Read more... )

I almost didn't go to Zurich this weekend, but akeela more or less pushed me out of the house. "It'll do you good," he said. He was absolutely right. What a wonderful weekend ( Read more... )

I seem to be having communication problems with my French bank.

I want to close all my accounts with them, settle any outstanding account charges, and transfer the remaining balance (which is a significant sum, several months' living expenses) to my German bank. It's not a complicated request, and a month ago I sent them a letter which, I thought ( Read more... )