DESCARTES REPORTS - The charm of Bern, Switzerland - BASELWORLD FLAVOUR

DESCARTES REPORTS - The charm of Bern, Switzerland - BASELWORLD FLAVOUR Here is a link to a photo album from Bern, Switzerland. Bern is the Swiss capital and was home to Albert Einstein when he postulated the theory of relativity. He later became a physics professor at the University of Bern, where my father went to school from America in the late 1950's and developed an appreciation of Swiss watches. He came back with a Girard Perregaux, which I have to this day. Though he could no afford Rolex or Patek or anything like that, he certainly passed along his love to things Swiss to me, especially watches. As I walked through the city, I couldn't help but think about Einstein looking at the beautiful and complicated Zytglobbe (clock tower) in the center of town and thinking about how it inspired him to think about time and space, which led to his postulating the theory of relativity. Bern is an amazingly beautiful place where time stands still.