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Diccon Bewes

    1. Januar 1967
    Cartographica Helvetica
    Swisscellany
    Der Expert Guide für Glück und Erfolg in der Schweiz
    Cartographica Helvetica. Der Schweizer Atlas für Neugierige
    Swiss 52
    Immer schön langsam
    • Es wurde das Abenteuer ihres Lebens. Im Juni 1863 schloss die englische Dame Jemima Morrell sich einer der ersten Reisegruppen von Thomas Cook an. Ihr Ziel: die damals als exotisch geltende Schweiz. Die Route führte sie von London über Genf und Interlaken bis nach Luzern und war ein Wagnis sondergleichen - mit einer 18-stündigen Zugfahrt ohne Sanitäranlagen, Eselsritten über Alpenpässe und ausgiebigen Fußmärschen im sperrigen Chiffonkleid. 150 Jahre später begibt sich der gebürtige Engländer und Wahlschweizer Diccon Bewes mit dem Zug an dieselben Orte und sieht sie mit den Augen von »Miss Jemima«, deren Tagebuch er immer bei sich trägt. Eine charmante Entdeckungsreise durch die Schweiz von damals und heute sowie zu den Anfängen des modernen Tourismus.

      Immer schön langsam
    • Der Kinderatlas über die Schweiz beantwortet neugierige Fragen zu Geographie, Geschichte, Kultur und aktuellen Themen. Mit informativen Fakten, ansprechenden Karten und Infografiken wird das Land im Herzen Europas lebendig und greifbar. Ideal für kleine Entdecker!

      Cartographica Helvetica. Der Schweizer Atlas für Neugierige
    • Swisscellany Fact lovers will enjoy this treasure-trove of serious and not so serious facts and figures about Switzerland - a collection of lists that willamuse and enlighten you with things you never dreamed you'd enjoy. Full description

      Swisscellany
    • Cartographica Helvetica

      A Young Explorer’s Atlas of Switzerland

      3,5(2)Abgeben

      A Young Reader's Journey to Switzerland in Entertaining Maps.  Ever heard of the Röstigraben? Did you know, Switzerland fits into Germany eight times ... but 232 times into China? Where did Ulrich Zwingli live?  What does Switzerland do to combat climat change? Are cuckoo clocks really from Switzerland? Where was the Red Cross founded? This is the children's atlas about Switzerland, that answers all the questions that curious young minds might have! Learn intresting and amusing facts about this small country and its inhabitants. Exciting and current topics like the country's languages, inventions, energy consumption or tourism and much more will be brought to life with maps and infographics, making this diverse country in the heart of Europe accessible. The 20 especially made maps in this book promise a lively, entertaining and intensive journey.

      Cartographica Helvetica
    • Swiss Watching

      • 352 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden
      4,0(55)Abgeben

      A brand new edition of the international bestseller. Swiss Watching is a fascinating journey around Switzerland that goes beyond the cliches of banks, skis, francs and cheese

      Swiss Watching
    • A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of seawater, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Welcome to the landlocked island. Swiss Watching is a fascinating journey around Europe's most individual and misunderstood country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Diccon Bewes proves that there's more to Switzerland than banks and skis, francs and cheese. This book dispels the myths and unravels the true meaning of Swissness. In a land of cultural contradictions, this is a picture of the real and normally unseen Switzerland, a place where the breathtaking scenery shaped a nation not just a tour itinerary, and where tradition is as important as innovation. It's also the story of its people, who have more power than their politicians, but can't speak to one another in the same language and who own more guns per head than the people of Iraq. As for those national clichés, well, not all the cheese has holes, cuckoo clocks aren't Swiss and the trains don't always run exactly on time.

      Swiss Watching. Der Schweizversteher, englische Ausgabe
    • Swiss Watching: Inside Europe's Landlocked Island is a light-hearted yet revealing journey around Europe's most individual country. From seeking Heidi and finding the best chocolate to reliving a bloody past and exploring an uncertain future, Swiss Watching proves that there's more to Switzerland than banks, skis, francs and cheese. One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (only 80% of whom are Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be surrounded by land, but it is an island at the center of Europe. Welcome to the landlocked island.

      Swiss Watching. Inside Europe's Landlocked Island
    • In June 1863 an English lady set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes, author of the bestselling Swiss Watching, decided to go where she went and see what she saw. Guided by her diary, he followed the same route to discover how much had changed and how much hadn't. She went in search of adventure, he went in search of her, and found far more than he expected. Slow Train to Switzerland is the captivating account of two trips through the Alps: hers glimpsing the future of travel, his revisiting its past. Together they make a journey to remember. This is a tale of trains and tourists, of the British and the Swiss, of a Victorian traveller and a modern-day Englishman abroad. It is the story of a tour that changed both Switzerland and the world of travel forever.

      Slow Train to Switzerland