Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The 2011 train schedule will cut the travel time between Paris and Geneva to three hours, a reduction of 25 minutes starting in December, the CFF rail company announced Friday 4 June. The new schedule will significantly improve service between Geneva and La Plaine. Lake Geneva region residents will also find […]
EasyJet’s ash detector gets CAA support
London, England (GenevaLunch) – EasyJet, one of the airlines hardest hit by ash cloud bans, has come up with a detector that could allow pilots to spot too much ash and change course. Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority says it is “happy an airline appeared to have found a technical solution, and, although it was not […]
Putting your wine in the vault in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Filip Opdebeeck was struggling three years ago to convince people that his idea of renting out space to store wine in a former bank vault on the Rue du Rhone in Geneva would work. He was certain the city holds enough people living in apartments without decent wine storage space, who […]
“Emotion” evening Beaurivage Palace Lausanne
Anne-Sophie Pic, Michelin-star chef, to hold special Emotion dinner Anne-Sophie Pic, the Michelin-starred chef at the Beaurivage Palace in Lausanne, is putting on the spread to welcome in summer on Tuesday, 29 June. This fairytale dinner will be held on the terrace, if the weather permits. It starts with a cocktail party at 18H30 in […]
Open Day in Geneva: how to visit wineries, where to go (update)
Update 29 May Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva is the grandaddy of Swiss wine open days: it was the first to offer this, in 1987, and the event has become hugely popular. Several things contribute to this: almost all the cellars participate, some 80 out of 95, they are geographically fairly close so it is […]