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Archives for March 2016

Coming up: treasure chest of things to do

25/03/2016 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Happy (if a bit chilly) Easter weekend to all. The Lake Geneva region has a wealth of good events coming up in the near future and plenty of things to do. Here’s a sampler – start marking your April calendar now. Indoor and outdoor sports – get fit or stay fit! If […]

Filed Under: Travels

Geneva city security tightened after Brussels bomb

22/03/2016 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Security measures have been stepped up, police in Geneva said Tuesday afternoon, following the bomb blast in Brussels Tuesday morning. Thirty people are believed to have died in two attacks: a suicide bomber blew himself up at the  Zaventem airport in Brussels:00 at 07.00. Another attack came an hour later, during rush […]

Filed Under: Travels

Upstairs dining at Geneva’s airport

17/03/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Le Chef officially opens to the public this week, on the third floor of Genève Aéroport, completing a series of moves in recent years to make the airport’s eateries  match changing needs of travelers. Good news for locals: this is a great addition to Geneva’s restaurants, and you can eat here without […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, News, Travels Tagged With: Aéroport de Genève, Altitude restaurant, Autogrill Suisse, Benjamin Luzuy, Geneva Airport, Le Chef

Warm winter, early budding – clues to change

17/03/2016 by Ellen Wallace

BERN, SWITZERLAND – Hazelnut trees began to bud throughout Switzerland 15 December 2015, the earliest since records have been kept, more than 150 years. Meteoswiss published information this week about the early budding and other signs that warming is happening earlier and earlier. A number of plants are showing leaves a week earlier than in […]

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Wineries

Bern’s wine fountain – and the taste?

16/03/2016 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

You can tell when reporters are not wine journalists because they overlook the most important bit – how was the wine?! Bern has revived an old tradition and put wine in one of its famous city fountains, which has sparked reports on the tradition, the history of political squabbles and more. Not a word on […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bern, Chasselas, fountain, history

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