Hans Christian Andersen
The London travel writer, Diccon Bewes, has lived in Bern for five years. What could be more obvious, therefore, than writing a book about Switzerland, this island within Europe. "How come that the Alpine republic has managed to make its products famous the the world over, but hasn't produced many well-known citizens?" Bewes wondered. So, he bought himself a rail pass and set off to find out "how this enigmatic country ticks".
Bewes' Swiss Watching: Inside Europe's Landlocked Island offers 300 pages of striking and humorous insights into Switzerland. Poignant and full of British humour, he describes Switzerland and its "sometimes quirky" people as a product of the country’s geography and its history, religion, politics and wealth.
Just check out his crash course to all things Swiss, from A to Z, which is one of the most popular posts from his blog at: http://swisswatching.wordpress.com
Diccon Bewes' "Swiss Watching" (Nicolas Brealey Publishing)
can be purchased online at Orell Füessli and costs CHF 30.50.
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