Féchy, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Ring out the new, bring in the old*! Winemakers have been singing this verse for centuries, almost as long as they have been making wine. The world in a glass of wine: nature, your friends, the food on your table, history, your surroundings. Vinea 2007, Sierre, Valais. The love of […]
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TRAVEL / Paris in December
[Update: editor’s note at the end, links, 31 December] Paris, France (GenevaLunch) – The first Christmas I spent in Paris, many years ago, came as a shock: I imagined that this haven of French culture and style, famed for its luminescent elegance, would put on a shopping and lights show for Noël to beat anything […]
Swiss rail staff alcohol and drug limits set
Bern, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – Employees who are involved in any area of security for the CFF rail company will be subject to controls and lower limits for alcohol and drug consumption. The new regulations by the Swiss Transport Department clarifies the situation. Alcohol limits will be 0.2 per 1,000, considerably lower than what […]
When a kiss is not just a kiss, ski posters go down
Airolo, Ticino, Switzerland (romandie/ats and 20 Minutes, Fre) – An ad campaign that shows two women about to kiss, created for the Airolo ski resort and aimed at the Italian market, has been removed. The poster with two women embracing was deemed "ambiguous," reports the wire service ATS, but Michel Ferrise, whose agency was responsible […]