June 2012 - Newly Swissed

A candid look at the Swiss yodeling festival in Lachen

June 26, 2012

The yodeling festival in the historic town of Lachen attracts some 2000 contenders from the cantons of central Switzerland. From alphorns to flag spinning...

As Different as Milk and Shake

June 25, 2012

As we leave the retro American diner near the river, I reminisce about all the other times I tried to find what I’m looking for. “I just don’t understand,” I tell my husband while finding our way back to the car. “This is the land of milk and chocolate. How could a milkshake go so wrong?”

Tell - Das Musical

June 21, 2012

Newly Swissed has given away two pairs of tickets to the world premiere of TELL - DAS MUSICAL!

Is Switzerland the ultimate land of bread?!

June 14, 2012

When the Swiss move overseas or even just visit English speaking countries, there is one thing that almost every one of them will complain about: The bread...

A Lesson in Family Politics

June 13, 2012

Swiss voters in the Canton of Geneva will be casting their votes on the issues concerning lack of nurseries places...

Unexpected Notes from the Montreux Jazz Festival

June 12, 2012

I imagined a jazz festival with deep bass strings humming, whisker like drum sticks scratching jazz beats, and husky divas or melancholic trumpets vibrating our sorrow, like Sarah Vaughan’s or John Coltrane’s. All that jazz. I guess I was too orthodox or retro...