It was at the end of another locum placement high in the Swiss mountains, when Joana, one of the nurses, entered the consulting room. There would be the euthanasia of an old Husky and the owners were asking, if I would mind coming to their farm to put their dog to sleep…. “Of course, I …
Category Archives: Travel
Wedged between two emperors
The weather forecast had been too good and with no other commitments that day, I had grabbed my hiking gear, had jumped into my beaten-up BMW and taken the motorway heading south….. With the border to Tyrol just a few kilometres away, what beckoned was the massif of the two emperors – the …
The gospel of Padre Guilherme
A pilrimage to the Abbey of Maredsous to enjoy the somewhat unusual gospel of Padre Guilherme…
Across Electric Avenue for breakfast
A morning run along the Pembrokeshire Coast
Six-hundred meters to a Swiss Rösti
Recalling an epic noctural hike in the Swiss Alps to get a genuine “Rösti” on an exposed mountain cabin
Concrete, consulting rooms and the legacy of Le Corbusier
How the world of Le Corbusier might have affected modern veterinary clinic design, not only in Switzerland…..
All my patients are under the bed
The unexpected encounter with a memorable read
Not leaving without my cat…..
My scarabaean transition from the world of veterinary medicine to the afterlife of animals in ancient Egypt at the Grand Egyptian Museum
Where murders (on the Nile) are made….
A visit to the hotel that gave the inspiration and the perfect back drop to one the World’s most famous murder mysteries.
On the Nile
Thoughts on a journey on the Nile on a traditional sailing boat
