What is the point of living a life that has been given to you, if all you do, is stand in one place

A morning in angiology, or how to start the day with a catheter instead of coffee! This morning, I went to the Department of Angiology at the Lindenhof Hospital in Bern for a scan of the blood vessels in my foot, a preparatory step ahead of the upcoming operation. The appointment was at precisely seven o’clock, which, to be honest, is well before my brain usually decides to wake up. After carefully disinfecting my groin and administering a local anaesthetic, the medical t

Wednesday started well before dawn. The alarm rang at 1:30 a.m., followed by a quick shower, a light breakfast and then straight to Thun,...

Introduction for my foreign friends: Switzerland is a confederation of 26 cantons and has four national languages: German (62%), French...