James
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Over the past two days I’ve run into two major tech issues. First of all, the guy at the Source who sold me this “universal” European power converter, obviously never had been in Switzerland. The Swiss have opted to use their own, very uniquely shaped double prong plug. Note to future travellers: don’t bother trying …
So I don’t speak German. At all. Whatsoever. Would it be helpful getting around Switzerland? Definitely. I quickly learned how valuable understanding German would have been, during my train to what I thought was St. Gallen. Turns out I was heading to Basel. Half and hour into my mistake, the ticket puncher politely informed me …
There are a few things I instantly recognized with Switzerland. First all, was the price of McDonalds. Although I pigged out on the flight over, by the time I got through customs and found my bag, I was rather peckish. However, I lost all my appetite with once glance at the price of a Big …
Today I began my adventure, leaving Toronto bound for Zurich. Somehow, leveraging my greater that average height, I was able to secure a bulk head seat, with leg room galore. In the end though, it turned out not to be as useful. Perhaps due to the general lack of snow in Switzerland recently, the flight …
Take a look at what director Rick Meriki did last summer: a spectacular one-minute video he made with two of his pals as they traveled to 11 countries over 44 days, walking us through a dazzling variety of cultures, locations and images. “Move” shows actor Andrew Lees strolling toward us in perfect sync, surrounded by …
In second year, second semester I first helped out with my university’s exchange program. The experience pushed me to stay with the program to this day. When you go on exchange, everything is new and different, and believe it or not, most international students view Toronto the same way we view Berlin. Whether it be …
As of last night, I realized that my longer than most stay in Europe means that I will be on the right continent for the Heineken Cup Finals, held this May in London. With my favourite team, Munster, currently undefeated in Pool 1 of the group stage, there is a chance that I’ll have the …