This charming little village packed with wine producers puts out the red carpet for guests for its autumn wine harvest festival – no shortage of good wines to sample, so look for your new favourite.
The hillsides around the village are steep and wooded – it’s not far from Signal de Bougy if you want to make it a day with children.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland doesn’t figure prominently in the events around the world for the grassroots’ organized Anti-Food Waste Day, but it’s big news elsewhere. You don’t have to run a soup kitchen today to become a little more aware of how you can contribute to less waste and more food for the hungry. Some […]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – I’ll be spending hours and hours among the vines in several cantons during the coming weeks, now that the grape harvest is well underway. Here are images from my first day out (at the end of the article), harvesting with workers from the Jean-René Germanier winery in Vétroz, […]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – Yesterday was the final day of the International Herald Tribune: today it takes the final step in a five year transformation and becomes officially the international edition of the New York Times. I have a soft spot for the IHT, even though it always seemed an odd little newspaper […]
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The CFF rail company is running a door to door delivery programme for travelers’ bags, starting Monday 14 October, in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. A one-year trial will check the level of interest on the part of travelers. The pilot project takes its bag dropoff programme a step further: your bags can now […]