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Archives for October 2008

Wintry blast slows down Swiss rail system

30/10/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Updated, 18:05  Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – Snow started to fall in several parts of Switzerland Wednesday and by late afternoon it was causing some train delays, but by Thursday morning the CFF rail company was announcing major delays throughout the country. French-speaking Switzerland was only mildly affected but in much of the rest of the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: CFF, rail delays, trains, travel

Snow tires: great idea, that everyone else has today

30/10/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve, Fre) – If your first reaction to late October snow is to rush out and get snow tires on your car, prepare to wait in line, with some garages in Geneva getting 300-400 calls a day.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Geneva, snow, snow tires, travel

Travel: The day I saw eagles eat a man

19/10/2008 by Ellen Wallace

TIBET, July 2008 Here is a little article I wrote after I witnessed a traditional Tibetan burial this July, a ‘Celestial Burial’ or ‘Sky Burial’. There are no photos of the ceremony included, taking photos is strictly forbidden. In fact it is not usually allowed for a non-Tibetan to watch the burial, but I was […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Celestial Burial, Tibet, Tibetan burial, travel

Vaud councilor explores private-public options for third rail

14/10/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The talks are only exploratory and will remain theoretical, but Vaud cantonal councilor François Marthaler has met with a group of private investors, whose identity he will not reveal except to say they are European, to discuss a possible private-public approach to building a third rail line between Lausanne and […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: CFF, Swiss rail, Swiss trains, third rail line, travel

Valais unveils branding for its fruit

08/10/2008 by Ellen Wallace

Martigny, Valais (GenevaLunch) – Canton Valais Tuesday presented the first apples and pears that bear the “Marque Valais” quality label, at the Martigny cantonal commercial fair.

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: fruit, marketing, Valais

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