Swiss Film History

I'm sure some of you have watched a James Bond film before. Maybe you weren't aware that some of the scenes in the film were actually famous Swiss landmarks. A bungee jumping fall from the Verzasca Dam in Tereno, Switzerland from the movie Golden Eye and the famous Jungfrau Scene on top of the world are just a few of the picks of these Swiss landmarks.

The man behind finding these wonderful landmarks is location scout Leonhard Gmur. He helps production teams find the best places for filming in Switzerland and other parts of the World such as Canada.

The Band of Brothers, which was directed by Spielberg and Starred Tom Hanks, was a Second World War television drama filmed on location of neutral Interlaken, Switzerland.

Happy Halloween

It's one busy day here on this rainy Halloween morning. Of course festivities are much more rampant here in North America where Mardi gras isn't so popular. Thought I'd just leave with a wonderful pumpkin photo since I'm pressed for time today.

Official Prince Kicks Off

Tuesday will mark the official trip of Prince Charles and Camilla to the United States. The Washington Post has kept up on the happenings of the year and states the royal family is happy to have been out of the spotlight lately.

The plans for the trip this week will be relatively uneventful and probably a time for Bush to get the publics mind off of some of the current events happening in the States. Their seven day trip will be in New York, Washington and San Francisco.

I'm just interested in seeing what sort of stories the tabloids have to offer.

What's to Follow

With the time change here, I'm wondering how long it will take before we get some cooler weather. I'm not really welcoming it because I love running outdoors and this makes things a bit harder in the morning when you've got ice on the ground.

I took this picture on the 8th of November when the first snow storm of the season had hit in 2002.

The weather looked so beautiful yesterday, a bit like this. We were able to get in an awesome run yesterday which was so great. I'm not so sure Halloween will be so nice here in Canada.

Swiss Made

If something was really close to your heart, maybe you would enjoy it as much as these guys do. Three entrepreneurs from Zurich are trying to make their awareness of Swiss products a bit more International.

There's nothing new with this concept as there are many companies who are online selling Swiss products, but according to the Swiss Info report it supposedly is unique in their own way.

Basically the three guys who also have full time jobs, are trying to make available what is "unique" to Switzerland over the web and to other parts of the world. Since I was an expat in Switzerland, I can totally relate to certain items which you weren't able to get in Switzerland and had to get with one of your trips back to your home town.

Most of their orders come from the US, followed by Britain and France where there are more Swiss expats. "Many housewives with Swiss roots order products from us that they miss," adds Schefer. They definitely are selling some unique products but I certainly see a lot more unique items which they could add.

By being able to go directly to the source, this is the key to their success. Swiss Made has survived even though it has yet to make a profit but they are certain their approach will eventually pay off. It's that European way of thinking all the way.