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Neuchatel

20 years ago on 9/11/01

April 28, 2024 by sergneri Leave a Comment

On September 11, 2001, my wife and I were living in Switzerland, having moved there in November of 1999. At the end of August of 2001, my sister Theresa and nephew Thomas joined us, they arrived from Seattle, we met them in Zurich and brought them home to Neuchâtel. We celebrated my 50th birthday, it … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, History, Politics, Thinking about, Uncategorized Tagged: 2001, Geneva, Lamporo, Neuchatel, Senigallia, September 11, Switzerland, the Trade Center

Time Spans

January 17, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Think of the times; mountains and water; trees and landscape; clouds, snow and rain; day and night; humans.

Posted in: Climate Change, Content, Faits Divers, Flying, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Alps, Earth Time, Eiger, Human Time, Jungfrau, Lake, LauterAarHorn, Mountains Time, Munch, Neuchatel, Snow Time, Tree Time, Water Time

Amsterdam Y2K

January 1, 2020 by sergneri 1 Comment

It was 20 years ago today … we were new to Europe. I had gone ahead in October of 1999 to find an apartment and get some basics set up. A stayed behind in Northern California to wind things down and take care of the odds and ends before coming in November to our new … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, IT Failures, Politics, Thinking about, This Day in History, Uncategorized Tagged: 1999, Amsterdam, Basel, Biel/Bienne, Boxing day, Champagne, cyclone Lothar, Dam Square, December 26, December 26 1999, January 1 2000, millennium, Neuchatel, New Year, New Year's Party, Olten, Swiss rail, Switzerland, vuurwerks, Y2K

The Mao Red Book Clock

February 12, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sometime in the early 2000’s, I took a trip to Paris from Neuchatel Switzerland, where we lived. Getting to Paris was easy as the TGV ran between Zurich or Bern through Neuchatel to Paris. You could literally have breakfast in Neuchatel and four hours later, have lunch in Paris. The hotel I stayed at was … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Mao, Musée international d’Horlogerie, Neuchatel, Red Book, Switzerland

Mt Blanc from Neuchatel

January 28, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

August, 2010 © John Sergneri 2010, 2019 – If copied, do not alter and give attribution.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Mt Blanc, Neuchatel, Switzerland

A few photos of the Alps

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

While living in Neuchatel Switzerland, we captured some incredible photos of the Alps from the balcony in our apartment. Here are a few:

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: Alps, Eiger, Jungfrou, Monch, Mont Blanc, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Twingo Hood Ornament

May 25, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In 2006, I bought a Renault Twingo. I was able to change the Renault hood ornament for one I made of plaster and paint.

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: 2006, Custom Hood Ornament, Neuchatel, Renault, Switzerland, Twingo

Crows at Dawn

June 23, 2014 by sergneri Leave a Comment
Posted in: Content, Photography Tagged: Crow, dawn, morning, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Time Lapse

February 19, 2014 by sergneri 2 Comments

I’ve been fascinated by time-lapse photography since the days when the Wonderful World of Disney was the only color television show and they had those great nature films. You can see the time-lapse film I’ve made over the last few weeks here http://www.sergneri.net/weather_data/index.php. I included some of the older time-lapse I’ve made over the years … [Read more…]

Posted in: Content, Photography Tagged: Neuchatel, Switzerland, time lapse, video, weather

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