GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – In case you’ve forgotten, this is not a good day to take north-south autoroutes in Switzerland, with Easter/spring school holidays starting in several Swiss cantons and neighbouring countries. Saturday morning saw a 1h30 delay for heading south through the Gotthard tunnel, with a 10km tailback. The A1 heading towards Geneva is also […]
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.
Second bear cub dies on Bern
BERN, SWITZERLAND – A second bear cub born in January at the Dählhölzli zoo in Bern was put to sleep Monday after its mother, Mascha, stopped taking care of her babies. The father, Misha, had become increasingly aggressive towards his offspring and last week he killed one of them, tossing it in the air. The […]
Weekend animals roundup, literally
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss train passengers traveling between French-speaking Switzerland and Zurich Sunday were rerouted via Biel/Bienne for three hours, missing all the excitement in canton Bern. Several police patrols, farmers and railway staff spent the afternoon chasing six beef yearlings that decided to offer themselves a day away from the farm. Some of them […]
Vaud approves CHF2.5 for wine tourism
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – In a first for Switzerland, a cantonal council has approved a budget and programme for wine tourism. The Grand Conseil in Vaud Tuesday 1 April unanimously adopted a five-year CHF2.5 million budget that will help develop a wine tourism project. Top priorities are training people in other businesses to be familiar with […]
Bear cub killed by father in Bern
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Misha, one of two brown bear cubs given to Switzerland by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and his wife during a 2009 visit, has grown up to be a father too tough for his little ones’ good. Thursday he killed one of his offspring, born earlier this year and who had not yet […]