Posted in Travel, tagged business, Environment, railways, swiss federal railways, Switzerland, trains, Travel on December 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Passengers can no longer buy tickets onboard. © Foto SBB
For Swiss Federal Railways, the new year has already begun. In addition to introducing new timetables on December 11, it has stopped selling tickets on board. This policy translates into hefty fines for passengers who fail to buy their tickets prior to boarding – either because they forgot or because they were in too much of a hurry.
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Posted in Environment, tagged Animals, Environment, globalization, invasive species, Travel on January 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
He's awfully cute, but not so welcome in Europe. © André Künzelmann/UFZ
Globalization carries a hidden price tag that may not appear until decades after a trip was made or goods were exchanged.
It comes in the form of invasive species – non-native plants, insects and animals – that wreak havoc on the local flora and fauna while forcing the host country to fork out eradication funds.
Results of a European study show that socio-economic factors have a direct influence on the number of biological invaders in a given country.
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Posted in Travel, tagged Culture, geobiology, Ley lines, nature, places of power, Switzerland, Travel on August 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Solid as a rock: the place of power in Engstlenalp, canton Bern
Switzerland is rich in mystical places where the weary can supposedly refuel by soaking up geobiological energy. I decided to check out a few such spots.
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http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Tapping_into_alternative_energy_for_the_soul_.html?cid=19674092
Posted in Animals, tagged Animals, Lucerne, mammoths, museums, nature, pre-historic, Switzerland, Travel on February 15, 2010| 1 Comment »
Taxidermist René Heim works on a 60,000-year-old mammoth tusk.
Wide-bucket excavators aren’t the tools of choice for archaeological digs, but sometimes you can’t be too picky. An astute workman was quick to realize the machine he was operating struck something special at a Lucerne-area gravel pit. That “something” was a 45,000-year-old mammoth tusk, about 180 centimetres long and about 50 centimetres in diameter at its thickest part.
Read the whole story here: http://www.swisster.ch/news/society/mammoth-findings-display-lucerne-museum.html
Posted in Fashion, tagged design, Fashion, handbags, Travel on January 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The "flat hat" collection by bombdesign -- fun!
Picking a single handbag for a trip can be hard, and cramming a second one into your suitcase means sacrificing precious wardrobe space. Not so with the “flat hat” bag line from bombdesign.
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