GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Rail traffic to Zermatt was closed Tuesday morning 4 March until 10:00 following an avalanche between Taesch and the resort. The avalanche went off spontaneously at about 02:00, say Valais police. The road to Zermatt was closed Tuesday morning and has been re-opened only partially for people with permits while the area […]
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.
A woman’s insider look at Napa Valley
I’m ready to head for California after reading this in the Los Angeles Times (and thanks to fellow wine writer Ken Alawine Waggoner for pointing it out), “California: Meet women who run Napa Valley vineyards at their estates”. The pricetag is a little daunting, $3,400 per person and that doesn’t include travel. Makes me think […]
Carnival pulls weekend crowds
Heavy snow in south blocks travelers GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The southern part of Switzerland was recovering Monday from heavy snowfalls in Ticino and parts of Graubuenden, while elsewhere in Switzerland thousands turned out for the craziness of Carnival. Lucerne attracted an estimated 30,000 people to its colourful Carnival parade while 50,000 came out in Sion […]
Swiss to send Airbus “Verbier” around Europe
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Verbier is now the name of a Swiss Airbus A320 plane, baptized Thursday morning in the Bagnes resort area to which Verbier belongs. The choice of the name, says Swiss, reflects the resort’s importance to Switzerland for international tourism. The Airbus is one of 42 in the Swiss fleet, a family of […]
Bern sets road, rail priorities: Geneva, Vaud CHF390m
CHF3.5 billion for urgent projects, 2nd generation trafffic decongestation GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva and Vaud are likely to see CHF390 million in funding to improve roads and rail as part of a national project to reduce intra-regional traffic congestion as the populations in these areas swell. Switzerland’s roads and rail systems are being choked in […]