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Archives for November 2007

We love our Swiss trains

29/11/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (RSR, Fre) – Each person in Switzerland rode 2,009 km on average in 2006, an increase of 80km over 2005, the national transport department reports. We took the train on average 44 times during the year. The country moves ahead of Japan, where passengers ride only 1,950 km a year. And the Swiss […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Swiss news, travel

Disease-bearer striped mosquito crosses the Alps

28/11/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Ticino, Switzerland (Information from Le Temps) – The Asian tiger mosquito, easily identified by the white stripes on its back legs and overall small size, has made it over the Alps from Italy and Ticino, which is not good news for human beings in the Lake Geneva region. The insect already lives in France, which […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: health, Lake Geneva region, Swiss news, travel

Forty tons of onions ready to roll in Bern

26/11/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – A mere 40 tons of onions will be displayed and sold Tuesday in Bern when the city turns itself over to its famous annual onion festival. The number of onions is the same as in 2006, but down from previous, better-harvest years. Thousands of visitors are expected for the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Food and Drink, Swiss news, travel

Swiss Syrah takes world stage

19/11/2007 by Ellen Wallace

19 November: Valais vineyards lie below snow-covered Alps. Six of the world’s top-rated Syrah wines are grown in this area (view: Sion/Saviese, click to view larger) Lovers of fine wine have been watching a number of Swiss wines move onto centre stage on a world level, starting with Pinot noirs and now Syrahs, those velvety […]

Filed Under: Food & dining

French-speaking cantons populate new Swiss Tourism board

15/11/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Jean-Francois Roth, a politician and former head of canton Jura’s finance department, has been named the new president of the board of Swiss Tourism, the country’s tourism office. He replaces Dick Marty of Ticino, who has held the post for 11 years. Marty must step down under new rules. Three new […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Lake Geneva region, Swiss news, travel

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