It was my Swiss colleague Sibille, who introduced me to Rigi, while we were walking along the promenade of Lake Zug. “Oh, that is our Rigi!” was her reply, when I enquired about her name. She was beautiful – tall, with a rubenesque figure, she was clearly standing out. Although it was not possible to …
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Veterinary days in Switzerland
People’s habits do change and I don’t seem to be an exception….. Since working no longer at my own clinic, I have started to arrive at work much earlier. This is even more the case, here in Switzerland where being late is just not an option …….. When I arrive at the clinic in the …
Zug
It is the beginning of June 2023, and after having worked over the past 4 years, among a number of places, in the “City of Stone” (and timber)(Sundsvall in Sweden), the “Gateway to the Arctic Sea”(and to the most Northern brewery) (Tromsø in Norway), the “City of Granite” (and – of course – oil) (Aberdeen …
The old bridge of Mostar
There was no event that epitomized more the destruction during the Yugoslav wars, than the fall of the historic bridge of Mostar. This most striking example of Ottoman architecture had connected the two parts of the city since the 16th century and although its gravity defying construction of limestones, molded together with eggwhite and horsehair, …
The cats of Kotor and Dubrovnik
No visit to the Dalmatian and Montenegrin coast, without a stop at the beautiful mediaval towns of Kotor and Dubrovnik , I thought. Even more so, as I had for this part of my journey the company of Lea Kreszinger, the president of the Croatian Small Animal Association and of Gonçalo Da Graça Pereira, one …
Priganice
If you – like me – enjoy hiking, then you will sooner or later arrive at the question of the perfect sort of food to eat in the morning, or to carry with you in your pack. Ideally it should have a good calorie to weight ratio, it should be easy to prepare, it should …
Durmitor
While waiting for the door bell to be answered at the Stevović household, I noticed not less than five may beetles on their backs on the landing, having a pretty miserable time while trying to enjoy the last few days of their strange life. ‘Can’t find a much better indicator for good biodiversity than this….’ …
MontVet
“Where exactly are you going ?!…..” I asked my driver, about ten minutes after we had left the main highway and while I was following on Google Maps how we were zick-zacking through the Southern suburbs of Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. “To airport ! ……..Not airport ?”……. ”Nope!……..Not airport……..but to the city centre !……” …
Rose water and a colourful car crash at Mrizi i Zanave
It was late in the evening and the sun was about to set, when I arrive at Mrizi i Zanave – Alma’s third and final recommendation. Driving towards a old stone house surrounded by olive trees on a small hill, one might have been forgiven for assuming to be somewhere in the middle of Tuscany. …
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French engineering, Albanian fjords and the beautiful valley of Valbonë
The diesel engine coughed a few times and then went out in a cloud of smoke…. We had been on our journey for not more than 3 minutes and that after having to wait for four days for the water level to rise, so that we could travel at all….. Alma’s (and, to put the …
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