GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – Journalists beware: the annual Mercer rankings for expensive cities came out Wednesday, but this year the arrival of Chinese and other Asian cities underlines the serious mistake of giving the figures credence, for readers at large. The numbers are meaningless, unless you have a fat corporation behind you when […]
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.
Matterhorn to have day of silence, no climbers
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Zermatt and Valtournenche-Cervinia in Italy are marking the 150th anniversary of the first successful climb to the summit with a sombre tribute to the 500 people known to have died attempting the climb. “Out of respect for the mountain and in remembrance of the more than 500 people who have suffered a fatal […]
Swiss train schedule 2016: impact of railworks
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Geneva-Lausanne will take 3 minutes longer, but Morges is being added back to the ICN stops; Grandson is connected to Lausanne; Geneva-St Gallen will be 18 minutes shorter with no stops between Winterthur and St Gallen; the Lausanne-Zurich ICN trains will be moved by 30 minutes, which will allow Yverdon/Neuchtael-Zurich trains to […]
Swiss news roundup: agrochem, refugees, rail sheep
Lausanne-Vevey trains back on track GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – News from western Switzerland: Monsanto continues to woo Syngenta The possibility of an agrochemical giant dimmed slightly during the week when Syngenta turned down a buyout offer from Monsanto, but the US firm is expected to make a new bid for Basel-based Syngenta within weeks. “The St. […]
Check out the fine Valais sunshine today
Perfect weather for the third and final day of the Valais winery open house weekend. If you’re thinking about coming to Valais for the winery open houses the weather is now absolutely spectacular – listen to those happy birds singing! A video posted by Ellen Wallace (@ellenwallace) on May 15, 2015 at 11:07pm PDT