"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
We grab a cab in Zurich and head from the airport to our hotel. The first thing I notice is that the Swiss people are gigantic. The men are 8-9 feet tall. The women, even larger. I see them loping across the street. They’re tall and thin and they make no noise as they move, … Read more
Nothing sounds more like the future to me than a hybrid British accent — someone speaking with an accent that’s part English, part something else. At the Amsterdam airport we hear a woman on the PA with an accent that’s 40% Dutch, 60% BBC. Over and over, in fabulously layered tones, she announces: “Passenger [X] … Read more
I’m on the road right now, and for the next little bit this site will be transformed into a travel journal. I know you’re busy so I’ll try to boil things down to only the most salient observations. For example, this first one, I think you’ll agree, is almost entirely salient. Leaving town yesterday afternoon, … Read more