Swiss Watching

Inside the Land of Milk and Money

Diccon Bewes is an experienced travel writer who has lived in Switzerland for four years. An 18-month world trip set him up for a career in travel writing! via the scenic route of bookselling. After ten years at Lonely Planet and Holiday Which? magazine! he decamped to Switzerland! where he is currently manager of the Stauffacher English Bookshop in Bern. As well as grappling with German! re-learning to cross the road properly! and overcoming his innate desire to form an orderly queue! he has spent the last four years exploring the bits of the country he'd never heard of before and eating lots of chocolate. See his website at www.dicconbewes.com