This is beginning to look to be a heavy travel year for me. I've already spent a week in Brazil in February and am getting ready to spend 2 weeks in Horgen, Switzerland (about 30 minutes outside of Zurich). I leave on Saturday, March 6 and look forward to seeing friends, the food and the wine. Of course the surroundings are incredibly beautiful (mountains, Lake Zurich), especially when covered in snow. I like to stay in a small town called Thawil in a modern hotel across from the train station, which makes popping into Zurich easy.
April I'll be back in Brazil for 3 weeks. This time in Sao Paulo. I hope good friends will release me from the confines of the hotel so that I can enjoy seeing more of the city on the weekends. And take me shopping. The earrings I bought (see 2 posts below) could use a necklace to go with it. ;-)
It's likely that I'll be back in Mumbai later in the year and possibly Shanghai as well. Although experiencing a location for the first time is always fun, repeat visits allow me to delve deeper and better understand the culture. Plus developing cities such as Mumbai and Shanghai never stay the same. They're both growing like wildflowers and seeing the changes firsthand will allow me to make my own assessment whether or not the changes are for the better.
Stay tuned!
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well dear, brazil and now off to switzerland....lucky girl. don't know much about brazil, just a very short visit to rio many many moons ago. but switzerland? ah, switzerland. my old stomping grounds. live about 35 miles out of zurich in lake zug...steinhausen and baar. my studio was up in the lower alps in a small village, allenwinden. GOD DO I LOVE SWITZERLAND. the very nicest, most informed, cordial and helpful people in the world. the whole country is fantastic. why don't i live there if i love it so much, you ask? it's WAY TO F*****G COLD!
always wearing three levels of clothes and having your cheeks like ice cubes and your lips as hard as a rock. nah, not for me, i'll enjoy my memories, thank you. but i know full well you'll enjoy your time there immensely. it's the only place in the world where the fraus who work in the gast houses can make change for a ten thousand swis frank note out of their little leather belt bags. think of me when you sip on a 'coffee trash' (coffee and schnaaps).
all the very best,
douglas
Yup Douglas, it's a beautiful country. A friend and I are going to meet up in Interlaken. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the country, especially the mountains.
Coffee trash huh? I have to give that a try! Thanks!
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