Their Country Loves Them
I'm in Antwerp for Devoxx Belgium and spent the late afternoon walking: partly to get a sense of Antwerp, partly to avoid going to sleep to early after an overnight…
When Instructions Required #2
As seen above a urinal at the Zermatt railroad station. These instructions would only be required if, in fact, someone shat in the urinal, right? Disgusting! The necessity of these…
When Instructions Required
As seen in a restaurant in Zermatt, Switzerland.
Cool Photos #11
Through our 9th floor room at the Mercure Chur City West hotel. I held my iPhone at an angle, not directly pressed against the window, which unfortunately caught reflections of…
Weinberg’s Second Law
If builders constructed buildings the way programmers write software, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. Gerald Weinberg, an early computer science professor and practitioner, may have made…
Great Swiss Railway Tour
Our bucket list: do the well-known, scenic train tours in Switzerland. Not a simple trip to plan: some routes allow reservations 365 days in advance, others are 93 days; some…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 0
Synopsis Departure Day: evening non-stop flight on Delta from Minnesota-St. Paul airport to Schiphol. The 2-4-2 seat configuration on the Airbus A330-300 means we took aisle-window with no one else…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 1
Synopsis Zurich Arrival. Our connecting flight from Schiphol is scheduled to arrive at Zurich Airport mid-afternoon. After collecting our luggage, we'll take a tram or Uber to the Zurich Ambassador…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 2
Synopsis Treno Gottardo Round-trip: The Treno Gottardo scenic railway runs from cities in northern Switzerland, including Zurich, to Locarno over the historic Gotthard Line and through the Alps via the…
Great Swiss Railway Tour: Day 3
Synopsis Repositioning Train: Our Bernina Express trip originates in Chur, so we'll take the train from Zurich to Chur and spend two nights in the Mercure Chur City West. After…