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An ode to cheese
Tweet There‘s a science and an art and to making cheese. And it’s precisely this combination of precision and love that makes cheese the perfect food for the Swiss to produce. And it’s not just the variety of cheese that is mind boggling. The Swiss have found a number of ways to melt, combine, fry, … Continue reading
In my backyard: A little bit of Colorado in the Canton of Vaud?
Tweet Should I be writing about La Tine de Conflens? I think I may be about to let the best guarded secret in the canton of Vaud out of the bag. But it was such a pleasant find that I think it would be a crime to keep it to myself. I don’t think I’m … Continue reading
Let’s start 2011 with a confession…
Tweet If you are one of the 21 people who regularly visited Chickstravelflicks in 2010 (a big “thank you” by the way for your support!) you may have noticed that my posts dried up towards the end of the year. This, I must stress, was not for lack of material, but time. It’s hard … Continue reading
How alcohol can help you win friends and influence people when you travel
Tweet I should remember Scotland for being ruggedly beautiful even in god awful weather. But a fortuitous encounter with three old men and a conversation that opened with the line, “So, is your toy boy a man of few words or is he just plain stupid?” will forever be etched in my memory. Not a … Continue reading
Sent. (Not forwarded)
Tweet Okay, so this is a a really corny way of introducing the town called ‘Sent’. It’s located in the Swiss canton of Grison not too far away from the haunted hotel that I wrote about in my last post. To me, the canton of Grison combines the prettiness and exactness of the German part of Switzerland … Continue reading
Spend the night in a haunted hotel. Check.
Tweet And now for something completely different… A few weekends ago M. and I were part of a small group that headed over to Val Sinestra in the Swiss canton of Grison to spend a night in a haunted hotel. I’m all for trying new things and places. But the possibility of coming face-to-face with … Continue reading
The 500 ‘likes’ challenge and the “End Polio Now” campaign!
Tweet In 2000 my life took a couple of interesting turns. The first happened when I received a phone call from the selection committee for the Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship. The scholarship allowed me to study for a one year Master’s degree at a university of my choice, anywhere in the world. A few months later … Continue reading
On why Chickstravelflicks and the new I-Phone 4 will never make good bedfellows…
Tweet It’s with great pleasure that I introduce my new I-Phone to Chickstravelflicks readers! I’ve only had it a few days and am already wondering how I managed without one. And with this new purchase (along with all the other unnecessary – but chic – I-Phone accessories) I now have the one piece of equipment … Continue reading
In my backyard (part 4)
Tweet Do you have a picture of your “backyard” that you would like to share on Chickstravelflicks? If so, send a picture, with a short caption, to the following address: chickstravelflicks@hotmail.com
The Little Britt Inn
Tweet “Jim, do you have a website that I could link to from my blog?” I asked. “Well, we just ask people to type Little Britt Inn into Google so that they can see what others have to say about us” he answered between sips of coffee. So I did. Here’s the link with information … Continue reading
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