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The Grand Tour: April 2013
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Light started to fade as the sun slowly dove for the horizon. The golden hour quickly approached, the stone walls of Vaumarcus castle taking on a hue of imperial yellow, satisfying in contrast to the glistening blue-green water of Lake Neuchâtel below. At the foot of the castle there is much running and giggling. The smiles of happy children playing a game of tag in-between pear and apple trees laden with fruit ready for harvest. Lunging, chasing, gaining, tag! Gustave and his sib...
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The Grand Tour: March 2011
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011. As Henri de Büren. S journal and letters get ever closer to publication I am ramping up some PR surrounding the eventual launch. The following is a small article for the newsletter of the Museum of the Swiss Abroad. Who are helping me publish Henri's reflections of his time in the Americas. A Swiss Abroad Tracking a Swiss Abroad. How did I not know of this before? It would have seemed to be a great family story, passed down from generation to generation told over sumptuous dinner...
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The Grand Tour: The Silent Fire
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Light started to fade as the sun slowly dove for the horizon. The golden hour quickly approached, the stone walls of Vaumarcus castle taking on a hue of imperial yellow, satisfying in contrast to the glistening blue-green water of Lake Neuchâtel below. At the foot of the castle there is much running and giggling. The smiles of happy children playing a game of tag in-between pear and apple trees laden with fruit ready for harvest. Lunging, chasing, gaining, tag! Gustave and his sib...
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The Grand Tour: Voyage aux Amériques
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Friday, April 3, 2015. À l’occasion de la journée mondiale du livre Le Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel, le groupe Ethno.doc et les Éditions d’en bas seraient honorés de votre présence lors du lancement de. Lettres et Journal d’un jeune baron neuchâtelois. Jeudi 23 avril au Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel (rue Saint-Nicolas 4, 2000 Neuchâtel), à 11h. Merci de vous annoncer par courriel communication.men(at)ne.ch. Notable neuchâtelois, châtelain de Vaumarcus d’origine bernoise, Henri de Büren. Simple t...
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The Grand Tour: August 2013
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013. A message from Tintin. I have been working on this project surrounding my Swiss ancestor'. S 19th century voyage to the Americas since 2007. Has it been 6 years already? As a boy I always loved Tintin, and in particular I was drawn to "Le Temple du Soleil/The Sun Temple". As I am finally getting close to calling the translation done, I am taking it as a sign of good things to come. Thanks for the synchronicity Tintin. Posted by Jf de Buren. Links to this post. My first published...
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The Grand Tour: Un Neuchâtelois aux Amériques en 1850
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Friday, May 15, 2015. Un Neuchâtelois aux Amériques en 1850. A recent article from the L'Express of Neuchâtel on the French book launch. Un Neuchâtelois aux Amériques en 1850. Un ouvrage éclaire sur un objet du Musée d'ethnographie. Permet un "coup de sonde". Très intéressant dans les collections du musée. Explique Marc-Olivier Gonseth, conservateur du MEN. Lequel musée, par le biais de l'historienne Sara Sánchez del Olmo, a dès lors assisté les auteurs de la publication, Olivier Pavillon et Diane-La...
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The Grand Tour: April 2015
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Friday, April 3, 2015. À l’occasion de la journée mondiale du livre Le Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel, le groupe Ethno.doc et les Éditions d’en bas seraient honorés de votre présence lors du lancement de. Lettres et Journal d’un jeune baron neuchâtelois. Jeudi 23 avril au Musée d’ethnographie de Neuchâtel (rue Saint-Nicolas 4, 2000 Neuchâtel), à 11h. Merci de vous annoncer par courriel communication.men(at)ne.ch. Notable neuchâtelois, châtelain de Vaumarcus d’origine bernoise, Henri de Büren.
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The Grand Tour: A Voyage Across the Americas
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014. A Voyage Across the Americas. Henri’s first-hand accounts of his travels in the New World reflect his observations on a variety of subjects: the grandeur of nature (made both from the vantage point of an artist and avid botanist); racial injustice and social inequality; his meetings with noted Swiss scientists such as Louis Agassiz; and his colorful encounters with European emigrants and wily government officials. Six years from when I started this project, Henri. Compare Pulitzer...
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The Grand Tour: May 2015
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Friday, May 15, 2015. Un Neuchâtelois aux Amériques en 1850. A recent article from the L'Express of Neuchâtel on the French book launch. Un Neuchâtelois aux Amériques en 1850. Un ouvrage éclaire sur un objet du Musée d'ethnographie. Permet un "coup de sonde". Très intéressant dans les collections du musée. Explique Marc-Olivier Gonseth, conservateur du MEN. Lequel musée, par le biais de l'historienne Sara Sánchez del Olmo, a dès lors assisté les auteurs de la publication, Olivier Pavillon et Diane-La...
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The Grand Tour: November 2011
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Saturday, November 26, 2011. What Neuchâtel botanist and adventurer traveled for two years during the 1850s through North and South America? Henri de Büren's important voyage has been recognized with a trivia question in the recently launched Helvetiq Swiss-American Edition. The game based on the popular Swiss version celebrates the impact the Swiss have made in the United States and is on sale now at Amazon.com. Posted by Jf de Buren. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
