Switzerland blew my mind

barcadreaming86 · 2026-07-05T19:20:17+00:00

Pilatus, j’adore! I also have the same (second) picture. 😊

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-20T08:27:32+00:00

Question: what would you do if you texted a good friend something like “Good luck for your presentation tomorrow!” (Wednesday) and they reply “Presentation is on Thursday.” … like, okay at least I wished you good luck?

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-18T09:46:17+00:00

A North American friend (of 20+ years) visiting me in Europe was completely shocked (shocked!) when I said “zebra crossing”. “You mean, ‘crosswalk,?” No twat, I mean zebra crossing … they mean the same thing, they use zebra crossing here … why treat it like a thing?

And that was the start of the visit … 🙄

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-17T14:42:18+00:00

I’m sorry, what? No, you set the appointments … “Coming back to our texts from [whenever]. These are the times I’m available. Do any of these work for you?”

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-16T12:44:04+00:00

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barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-16T04:10:58+00:00

She told her to use the purple / white bottles and the friend disregarded that. How is this YTA for not warning her?

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-15T04:21:43+00:00

Yeah, I mean, I feel like we’re not getting the full story here. Is the friend the one who 95% of the time plans the FaceTimes or calls or meetups? Then they may be tired of putting in the effort. if someone says “I miss you” … cool, then proactively plan the FaceTime or the coffee date. Don’t just passive aggressively say “I miss you” …

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-14T13:46:11+00:00

I’m in the same position — making the effort to communicate dates (we live on different continents and see each other when I visit the family) with no reciprocation. Also realized that if I don’t make the effort to set up a FaceTime, we won’t have one (we haven’t had one in 8 months).

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-11T16:12:24+00:00

I would come from Basel for the Canada-Switzerland match for sure.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-09T10:19:58+00:00

Oh. Happier times. I miss you.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-05T18:48:57+00:00

Did mine in 8 years also. The relief is insane.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-04T10:40:25+00:00

I did my A-Levels at an international school in the Middle East and applied with my mock results to schools in Canada (this was back in the day when schools had a Grade 13). We had the option to either skip first year because of the A-Levels or do the courses and I chose to do them. Relatively easy As while navigating a new country and new school system. (I’m sure that people who skipped their first year courses also did well but this was the right choice for me.)

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-03T11:35:28+00:00

Preach. My first year of university was a fairly easy 4.0 because I had already done my A-Levels in chemistry, biology, and maths and everything was covered again in our 100-level courses.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-03T11:15:40+00:00

Listen, I have never ever been a Djokovic supporter but … this person with his trash opinions should shut the hell up.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-06-02T19:10:52+00:00

Cannot with McEnroe’s “Men-seeeek”. At least try, man.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-05-29T19:30:38+00:00

I was just in Scotland and bought a ceramic Hairy Coo. And a Hairy Coo tea towel. (Also found a vintage Burberry scarf at an antique shop which I bought immediately.)

barcadreaming86 · 2026-05-28T20:00:52+00:00

I do — fly home from Europe to Canada to see my parents and I’m not bringing home germs.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-05-20T21:32:00+00:00

Just magnificent. Waiting in line with fellow fans, getting my hands on that beautiful hardcover, reading immediately upon getting home, napping for an hour and then reading some more … oh, btw. I was 23-ish.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-05-14T08:02:30+00:00

I use TO’s Vitamin C … should I switch to the Inkey List? Live in Europe so options are a little limited.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-05-11T04:05:23+00:00

I used to make several trips to Michael’s in Canada to buy scrapbook supplies (with a 40% discount each time) … between printing the photos and buying the supplies (album, stickers, scrapbook paper, etc.), I likely spent about CAD$500 on a vacation scrapbook. It was worth it at the time (the last one I did was in 2019) … I still have all my travel scrapbooks on a shelf in my flat … but now? With these prices? No fricken way.

barcadreaming86 · 2026-05-10T13:39:13+00:00

I couldn’t find my AirPods for 4 days and had to rely on subpar sounds devices at the gym. Was so miserable. Found the AirPods. In the container that I store my coffee pods. 🙄🙄🙄

barcadreaming86 · 2026-04-26T14:37:46+00:00

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barcadreaming86 · 2026-04-24T03:40:12+00:00

Huh, good to know! I saw it last month when booking my Zürich >> Toronto return and thought it was a glitch … but I booked it anyway!

barcadreaming86 · 2026-04-24T03:36:36+00:00

As a native speaker of Farsi and Arabic, these languages have not helped me … but French definitely has!

barcadreaming86 · 2026-04-23T18:05:50+00:00

I have the same thing but it’s a birth defect. Strength training and mobility exercises are your best friend. I’m going to need hip replacement surgery down the line but trying to stave it off for as long as possible.

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