Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Forty years ago, as everyone surely knows by now, the first man, who was American, stepped on the moon: July 21 in the early hours, European time. “The first human stepped on a celestial body” was the more elegant phrase used to describe the moment, by Douglas Griffiths at a commemorative […]
Archives for July 2009
L’Hebdo’s 2009 list of waterside restaurants
The 16 July edition of L’Hebdo gives their 20009 guide to the most beautiful restaurant terraces giving onto the banks of lakes and rivers for the Lake Geneva region, excluding France.
Wine and chocolate tasting: summer family outing
Wine and chocolate: a family affair A group of nine Côtes-de-l’Orbes wine producers are presenting their wines at the Caveau de Romainmôtier, along with chocolates from Pascale Philippe’s chocolate shop Passionnément Chocolat in Yverdon-les-Bains. In college I used to buy dark chocolate and a good bottle of Bordeaux and go to the local art cinema […]
Two-hour cut in Bern-Zurich-Basel train service hits int’l travel
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A two-hour cut in train service on the key Bern-Zurich lines starting at 11:15 Tuesday 14 July was due to a power failure at a points station in Olten, says the CFF rail company. No intercity trains ran during that time, resulting in a major disruption of international train service because […]
New coffee shop with Wifi for your business meetings
Ellen Wallace’s Among the vines blog introduces a new coffee shop on the rue du Stand in Geneva, right in the heart of the banking quarter. It is fully equipped with Wifi, which makes it perfect for your business meetings.