"Are you here to help out?" he asked. Before the question: "to help?" came out my mouth, I realized, he thought I was the help, the caterer.
Read MoreWe rode the ferry in the dark, same as I had a long time ago, back then I was afraid, but now it feels powerful to be propelled across the water with the moon lighting the way to the other side.
Read MoreAlistair's friend asked me what I thought of Switzerland.
"It is so beautiful," I said. "my goal to get more people to know about how beautiful it is and put it on their list of places to see.”
Read MoreThe train arrived at a crowded station; everyone was going to Gruyère. A bus climbed up the hills to the valley and in that valley was the town. There was one cobblestone main street and on either side cute little yellow buildings with shops, restaurants and chocolatiers. It seemed that everyone was a tourist, but the mix was pretty exotic: a gurus going to the Tibetan museum, goths going the Giger Museum, and everyone else was just there for the cheese.
Read MoreUpper Lascar Row, Soho, the Red Train, the Peak and leaving Hong Kong.
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