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Yarn-Bombed in Switzerland…
Our town has a new tourist attraction this summer – the Strickweg, loosely translated, the knitwear trail, which starts by the wool shop in the old Fischmarktplatz. One sunny afternoon, a friend and I set off to investigate. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, travel
Tagged Arbon, knitting, Strickweg, tourist attraction, travel, yarn bombing
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A walk around the old town…
Arbon has been here for many, many years. Centuries, in fact – it has connections to an Irish monk called Gallus who died here in 646. We have a castle, part of the original town wall still stands, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, travel
Tagged Arbon, Gallus, Lake Constance, Switzerland, travel
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Four trains, two boats and a bus in Switzerland…
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I took ourselves on a trip to the island of Ufenau, near the south end of Lake Zürich. Early-morning haze was hanging in the air as I stood waiting for the train … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, travel
Tagged Arbon, Rorschach, travel. Switzerland, Ufenau, Walensee
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Black and white…
I can remember – just – when my parents had a black and white television. I remember my father’s old camera, too, with its black and white photos, most of which are unfortunately now lost. At some point, a new … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, The Writing Life, travel
Tagged Arbon, Edinburgh, Facebook, Olten, Prague, St Gallen, Writing
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Water, water everywhere…
– but what can you expect, after the rainfall of the past several weeks? And it’s still raining… There’s nothing titchy about our lake. At 64km long and 12km wide, Lake Constance is one of the largest in Central Europe, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland
Tagged Arbon, Austria, floods, Friedreichshafen, Germany, Lake Constance, rain, Switzerland, weather
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The first of the summer visitors!
Last week I had the first visitors of the summer when some cousins came to N.E. Switzerland for a few days. It was their first time in the area, so I showed them all the best sights. Here are some … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland, travel
Tagged Arbon, Friedreichshafen, historical centre, St Gallen, summer, visitors, Zürich
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Rhinoceros Graffiti…
The building site along the road is busy – and noisy – these days. They’re pushing hard to get the roof on before winter, so for six days a week we have banging and hammering in the background. Not to … Continue reading
Graffiti – and book cover news!
While our north-side windows here overlook lovely woodland and the lake, the view to the south is plain street. A couple of trees, a car lot – and, diagonally across from us, a building site where they’re constructing a new … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Switzerland
Tagged Arbon, cover reveal, graffiti, Switzerland, The Attic Room, The Paradise Trees
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Welcome to Switzerland
Things are moving in our temporary flat. Some of them are heading into boxes, others towards the bin or the recycling. Home, however temporary it was/is, just doesn’t look the same any more… So for a change I thought I’d … Continue reading
Fire in Arbon Castle…
It was a perfect day in early summer, a couple of years ago now. I was at work in the lovely old castle here in Arbon. The tower dates from the 1200s, and the rest has been added over the … Continue reading
Posted in books, My books, The Writing Life
Tagged Arbon, The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, The Teenage Cancer Trust, Winter Tales
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