Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 6
Synopsis Gornergrat Cog Railway: The Gornergrat Railway is a cog railway which takes you from Zermatt to the Station Gornergrat at the summit (10,135 feet/3089m) in 33 minutes. The railway…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 7
Synopsis Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. The original hope was to take the Matterhorn Alpine Crossing cable car between two peaks, traveling from Switzerland to Italy and back. Alas, the crossing is…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 8
Synopsis Return to Zurich: The first leg is from Zermatt to Visp is a scenic route, passing through the Matter valley with yet another chance to view incredible alpine scenery.…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 9
Synopsis Play Date in Zurich: No finalized plans, but strongly considering an interactive chocolate tour at the Lindt factory in Kilchberg just outside of Zurich. As I write this, no…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 10
Synopsis Return home: an early morning flight from Zurich to Schiphol followed by a non-stop back to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Hoping for uneventful travel as we'll likely be tired, drained, and…
Meandering Thoughts #58
Nicolas Jackson was loaned by Chelsea to Bayern Munich. In the draw for the Champions League, Bayern hosts Chelsea on Match Day 1 in the Champions League. The question: can…
What Is Democracy?
The victorious allies met in Potsdam, Germany in July 1945 to discuss the substance and procedures of the peace settlements in Europe after V-E day. Stalin was the sole remaining…
Citizenship
Citizenship [is a] relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection. Citizenship implies the status of freedom with accompanying responsibilities. Citizens…
Random Learnings #60
I knew that the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact split Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. I knew that post-war Poland's eastern borders moved west, the Soviet Union demanding the…
Polish Brand of Communism
In February 1977 Tomasz Strzyżewski, censor no C-36 of the Kraków Main Office for Control of Press, Publications and Public Performances, boarded the ferry to Sweden at Świnoujście, Poland, for…