Switzerland

Reto

Apple#10 During the last 2 days here my work has included Küchendienst (kitchen duty), which introduced me to the super-kitted-out...

Fitting

Apple#38 Many people discover that a gap year (taken at any stage of life) does unexpected and wonderful things to their sense of...

Cats and bumps

Apple#33 As we all know, a young man called Isaac Newton once had an striking experience with an apple: he was sitting on a bench having...

Home and heart

Apple#46 Our visa has been granted; we are on our way to the Big Apple! The apple I ate today was not especially big, but gently and...

Curtsey

Apple#18 I wrote this poem several years ago while out for a morning walk on the cricket pitch behind the house; I can picture the tree...

Permits

Apple#15 Sigriswil, Berner Oberland, is one of the prettiest and most romantically Swiss villages that I have ever seen, and I have...

an apple by any other name

Apple (Mela/ Öpfel/ Pomme/ Apfel) #13 What do you get when you throw 13 people, 5 languages, 3 nationalities, 3 generations and a...

On the Camino

Apple #6 Im really impressed with the meals here at Gut Ralligen: if you want to come on a retreat/holiday in a stunning lakeside...

Give us this day our daily ... apple?

Apple#4 I’ve got to just hold my breath and jump into this blogging thing, haven’t I? Because my apple-y ideas have started to work into...

Literally speaking

Apple#1 …well I have to start somewhere, don’t I? My first Apple was picked from the big tree at home in the Well Cottage garden (and oh...

Chatel

Apple#2 First night away: needed somewhere or other to sleep in the middle of France, boring yawn yawn. Ended up, thanks to a last minute...

The start of it all

Who’s there? Knock Knock - my Granny used to ask me - Who’s there? - my obvious reply - Anna! - said she - Anna who? - said I -...