GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – The most curious thing about the Daily Mail’s club sandwich index article, which puts Geneva at the top of the list as the city with the most expensive club sandwiches in the world – is how or why the world’s hotels have all decided to offer their guests club […]
Archives for June 2013
Swiss traffic jams worsen, but just a tad
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss “national” highways, including the autoroute system, grew busier in 2012, but for a change the rate of growth in the number of cars on the roads slowed down. Some 25.96 billion kilometres were driven in 2012, a 0.3 percent increase over 2011. Traffic grew on average 2.7 percent a year from […]
Rhine closed to river traffic above Basel
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – The Rhine river was closed to traffic above Basel Monday as the river rose above its navigable limit of 7m90. The closure also affected the popular small ferries that serve as a form of public transport between the two banks of the Rhine in the city centre. The river was closed to […]
Lausanne’s food festival: La Grande Table
Lausanne is undoubtedly a great place to visit, but with the promise of a weekly evening market, outdoor tables and restaurants discounts as part of the Lausanne’s food festival or Lausanne Ville de Gout, there are more reasons than ever to go to this great town.
La Grande Table: One evening of great food, catered by renown chefs in an original setting.
Lausanne’s food festival: Open your own restaurant
Lausanne is undoubtedly a great place to visit, but with the promise of a weekly evening market, outdoor tables and restaurants discounts as part of the Lausanne’s food festival or Lausanne Ville de Gout, there are more reasons than ever to go to this great town.
Open your own restaurant for one day (register and sell your food somewhere in Lausanne).