Easter traffic traditions

14km or so queue at the Gotthard tunnel. Must be nice!

Car Plate Fun

You know when someone annoys you with their car and parks in your space or is a general annoyance?  Well you can actually look them up in many cases.  Here is a list covering quite a few Cantons.....it's missing Zurich and Ticino amongst others.....

You can of course opt out of having your details available online - you'd have to check on the site of your Canton to achieve this.....and probably speak a local language.

Anyway, have fun!!

Monte Ceneri pass

It's somewhat ironic that every time I pass Monte Ceneri, be it driving or on the train, my mind floats back to 1987 when I went by coach to a holiday location near Venice.

That is now 25 years ago and I am certain that my memory is clear about going up this long climb on the highway. I'm also sure we had breakfast somewhere near Bellinzona.........I wonder where that place is!

Anyway, here's a link to the pass which folds back and forth underneath the highway - short but fun to drive :)

Swinglish. No longer a parking place!

I've decided to make Swinglish the blog of my life as an English-speaker living in Switzerland.  With a 17-year-old copy of David Hampshire's book, Living and Working in Switzerland, in my book collection, I can certainly call myself somewhat Swinglish...!

Some of the things I'll post here are old and some things new.  I won't be doing anything borrowed nor blue...!