GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A lesson to all travelers to watch your belongings (and be careful not to pick up your neighbour’s!): a 62-year-old Italian man was in police custody after Geneva airport police found a cell phone that didn’t belong to him, in his jacket pocket. The victim was checking in for a flight to […]
Travels
When I travel, I drink wine. In fact, I usually organize my travels around learning about it because wine isn't a beverage, it's a culture.
Happy 2016 – and Kings’ Day from Spain
Celebrating 6 January in southern Spain, a big holiday here – in Spanish style with a very blue meringue and an apple eau-de-vie, before heading off towards Rioja en route home to Switzerland. Obliged to pass through Bordeaux and Burgundy. May 2016 carry on the way it is starting 🙂
How much human component does a car need?
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Geneva Motor Show is already gearing up for March and we can expect to see and hear more about driverless cars, starting with Swiss inventor Frank Rinderknecht at Rinspeed near Zurich, a creative think tank for the automotive industry. Rinderknecht’s latest dream car is called Etos, but starting with the Greek […]
Check your Swiss train time!
New schedule, changes go into effect Sunday BERN, SWITZERLAND – The 2016 Swiss rail schedule goes into efffect Sunday 13 December : be sure to check that the train you’re planning to take is still running at the same time. The CFF/SBB train company has a special online page dedicated to the changes, including a […]
Train “person accidents” announcements to end
Swiss rail company works on reducing suicides BERN, SWITZERLAND – The disturbing announcement that a Swiss train line is down and trains are running late because of a “person accident” will end Saturday, says the CFF/SBB rail company, as part of its efforts to reduce the number of suicides and suicide attempts. The change is […]