I have just returned from UK-lite, having got snowed in, in Kent on day two, then snowed out of the my eurostar return on day three, then snowed away from my London City airport escape flight the next day. Finally arrived in Zug to find it had also been snowing, the right kind of snow apparently – it [...]
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Snow, but not as Heidi know’s it
Posted in heidiland, Life in Heidiland, Switzerland on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Heidi is more reliable than Elizabeth
Posted in heidiland, Life in Heidiland, Switzerland, tagged heidiland, Lex, SBB, Zug on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the UK the train was usually my last and reluctant choice, though the UK performance isn’t too bad, after all, 90% of British trains arrive on time. In Switzerland the equivalent is 98% of trains. But that 8% difference ! Considering a trip from Lindenpark, Zug, to Basel? The journey time by train is [...]
When Heidi met Aladdin in Menzigen
Posted in heidiland, Life in Heidiland, Switzerland, Zug, tagged Aladdin, English Theatre Group Zug, heidiland, Panto, Zug on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Menzigen, Kanton Zug, has a population of 4289, and it surged by 8% for the afternoon, as the matinée audience for the English Theatre Group’s version (very good indeed) of the trad panto, Aladdin, took their seats. Most of us in the audience were the usual flotsam and jetsam of ex-pat career boosters, tax exiles, hedgies (the [...]
