My Hosts

My Hosts at the St Gallen Symposium:

Elena Margareta Michels (Germany) - who was virtually my host at the 37th St Gallen Symposium (2007) after my original host had to rush to Italy

Friedrich Faigle (Austria) - host at the 36th St Gallen Symposium (2006)

St Gallen, Switzerland

Dr. Seyed Mohammad Khatami
Former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Fujio Cho
Chairman
Toyota Motor Corporation

The PwC Treasure Hunt in Zurich

Four Elements dinner by PwC at OLMA Centre, St Gallen

The UBS trek to Ebenalp

Interlaken and nearby regions

The world's saddest monument in stone - Luzern, Switzerland

The dying lion of Lucerne commemorates the hundreds of Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when the mob stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.

The oldest covered bridge in Europe - Lucerne, Switzerland

Since the city of Lucerne straddles the Reuss River where it drains lake Lucerne, it has a number of bridges. The most famous is the Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), a 204 m (670 ft) long wooden bridge originally built in 1333, although much of it had to be replaced after a 1993 fire, allegedly caused by a group of smokers. Partway across, the bridge runs by the octagonal Water Tower (Wasserturm), a fortification from the 13th century. Inside the bridge are a series of paintings from the 17th century depicting events from Luzern's history.

Downriver, between the Kasernenplatz and the Mühlenplatz, the Spreuerbrücke or Mill Bridge zigzags across the Reuss. Constructed in 1408, it is the oldest covered bridge in Europe and features a series of medieval-style 17th Century plague paintings by Kaspar Meglinger titled Dance of Death. It has a small chapel in the middle that was added in 1568.

Lake Constance

The famous fountains in Bern

The largest waterfalls in Europe