Portrait: David Steed, the most “Yellow” of Americans

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Expatriate in Bellegarde, David Steed takes tourists by 4×4 off the beaten track

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Professional track cyclist in the United States, soldier in the American army in Berlin, then active in information technology, David Steed had several lives before settling in Bellegarde. © Alain Wicht

Professional track cyclist in the United States, soldier in the American army in Berlin, then active in information technology, David Steed had several lives before settling in Bellegarde. © Alain Wicht

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Published on 17.08.2022

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Excursion » No doubt he knows the small roads that lead to the mountain pastures better than the native inhabitants of the Jogne valley. Since 2015, David Steed has been offering passing tourists private tours in his Land Rover Defender. And if they take them wherever they want, to Gruyères or the Maison Cailler in particular, the 63-year-old American is keen to offer days off the beaten path, off the beaten track. “The goal is to show them things they wouldn’t see on a typical visit to the area.”

Between lakes and mountains

To do this, the one who worked for many years in information technology for Novartis, but also for Swiss banks, took a year to concoct the “perfect trick”. “J&rsquo

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