The day starts well: with the news that both motions in the Grand Council have been adopted – the one on charging stations in full and the other on disabled parking spaces at least in part. That’s something to celebrate! Today we are travelling to Taunton, stopping off at the Haynes Motor Museum on the way. The ‘Haynes Manuals’ are a firm favourite across the [Weiterlesen]

This morning Caroline takes us to Costco, a large department stores with access for members only. We are delighted that our son Jack is also there. He is now almost 16 years old and has grown quite a bit since we last saw him. Jack takes after his father and talks passionately about computers and programming. We walk through the aisles together and are quite [Weiterlesen]

We start the day well rested. And while I go to the supermarket for drinks and the bakery for something for breakfast, LucY charges in the car park. This gives us an extra 50 miles of range. We then set off for Portsmouth on the south coast of England. We meet Clare and Dan in the Gunwharf Quays Outlet Mall, a large open-air shopping centre [Weiterlesen]

We’ll take it easy today. Or rather: I still have a few administrative things to do at the hotel. On Monday, two motions will be discussed in the Grand Council, the parliament of the Canton of Berne, for which I came up with the idea (people with disabilities need to be able to use public electric car chargers as well, which is not the case [Weiterlesen]

These holidays suddenly came very quickly after a very busy last two weeks. But we are looking forward to spending two weeks in England with lots of friends. We set off at 9.20am and make good progress. An hour later, we cross the border into France in Basel and follow the signs to Strasbourg. We are only slowed down by a Lamborghini that is only [Weiterlesen]

From 3 to 18 November 2023, we’ve been on holiday in the UK. Here’s sort of a list what we’ve been up to. Friday, 3 November 2023: Crossing the Channel? Almost impossible. Saturday, 4 November 2023: Sleepy day Sunday, 5 November 2023: Canary Wharf Monday, 6 November 2023: Covent Garden Tuesday, 7 November 2023: Selfridges and Regent Street Wednesday, 8 November 2023: Mickey still remembers [Weiterlesen]

Wow, the journey back yesterday took quite a long time. I was immensely glad that LucY drove most of the way on autopilot. Especially when it was raining heavily and dark, I could barely see our lane. LucY, on the other hand, is doing brilliant in the dark and sees much better with its six cameras. But we also have Patrick Stewart to thank: He [Weiterlesen]

When we wanted to charge yesterday on the way back from Kew Gardens, there was a long queue at the Tesla Supercharger Tottenham. So we set off today with a half-empty battery and a plan: We check in at the Eurotunnel terminal and then charge LucY at the terminal while we wait for our train. That works quite well, however our last call comes before [Weiterlesen]

As it was very late yesterday, we’re starting the day a little later today. Gabi wants to pop into the newly opened Sephora shop in our shopping centre, for which people were queuing for hours (and criss-crossing the centre) the day before yesterday. This is only the second branch of the cosmetics chain in the whole of England; the first one only opened a few [Weiterlesen]

Today we meet Clare, Sheridan and Amy at the ExCeL to visit the “Disney 100” exhibition together. It contains many drawings (albeit reproductions) from the early days, with Oswald the lucky Rabbit, Mickey Mouse and the many characters from all the fairytale films for which Disney is so well known. Many items are very interesting: for example, the Snow White costume from 1937, which was [Weiterlesen]