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Archives for March 2010

Giving ants the benefit of the doubt (update)

31/03/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Update 21:50  The first year after my marriage we had ants, hundreds of them, who suddenly showed up when the weather turned warm. I had no intention of playing the good housewife who made sure the house was clean and free of insects, but I was driven to putting down ant killer. I hadn’t really […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: ants, Elisabeth Gordon, flickr, gardens, houses, Laurent Keller, London, On Ants, Overthemoon, Oxford University Press

CGN boat rates to rise

29/03/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Boat trips on Lake Geneva will go up by 5.5 percent in 2011, the CGN (Compagnie Générale de la Navigation) has announced, with smaller price increases on the Lausanne-Thonon line starting 1 June 2010. The 2011 ticket prices go into effect 12 December 2010, when Swiss public transport companies put new […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: CGN, France, Geneva, hikes, increases, Lake Geneva, pleasure, prices, public transport, rates, tickets, tourism, Vaud

Bye-bye, speeding for free over the border

29/03/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Speeders beware: France and Switzerland have just swapped data on 30,000 drivers who’ve been caught going over the limit, in order to send them speeding tickets. The two countries began exchanging data in January, with Switzerland receiving data on more than 20,000 drivers since 5 January, while France has received 10,000 […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: data swaps, fines, France, highway department, police, speeding, Switzerland

Alcohol abuse: Winemakers say education, not ad bans, is key

26/03/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Wine is more than a beverage, courses teach you: “It’s really about understanding the pleasure of wine – the smell, how it tastes, what’s behind it.”

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: alcohol abuse, Changins Wine School, courses, Geneva, Nyon, Opage, open days, Switzerland, WHO, wine

Geneva road accidents down, but Fridays and 6pm worst times

23/03/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Statistics published by canton Geneva Tuesday 23 March show that road accidents have been falling steadily in the past five years, with improvements in virtually all categories measured (inattention, speed, road conditions, and more). The figures provide some details behind the averages. The worst day of the week for accidents is Friday and […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: day of week, Geneva, month, police, roads, statistics, time of day, worst road

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