GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Details are emerging of the changes to the winter schedule for airline Swiss, announced last week. In addition to new rates and the new flights to six destinations from Geneva, year-round service will go into effect for three destinations that have been summer-only: Malaga, Palma de Mallorca and Porto. The growth in […]
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.
Gare Cornavin extension to be underground (update)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The extension of the Cornavin main train station in Geneva will go underground and will be completed by 2025, according to the terms of a convention signed Friday. A long-awaited experts report on options for adding tracks to the station is being presented Friday morning 5 July. The group reviewed 16 options […]
Swiss new car sales slump
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Swiss sales of new cars were down heavily in June, by 27.6 percent compared to a year earlier – but don’t read too much into that, says the auto importers association. It attributes the fall in sales to a rush to buy new cars a year ago. Stricter Swiss rules for CO2 […]
Summer add-ons: travel, food, city faces, music buses
Ideas to brighten your summer GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Resources that have caught our attention: Food One of the best places around for regional products is the Halle Romande in Lausanne, with good quality products from cantons in French-speaking Switzerland. Closed Sunday and Monday but otherwise open from 08:00-19:00 (18:00 Saturday) – slightly shorter hours for […]
To Mt Fuji and back
Summer travels: from GL.com tech manager Claude Vedovini, in Japan Reprinted with permission from Vedovini.net GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / TOKYO, JAPAN – I went to ascend Mt Fuji Monday and Tuesday with a girl named Lae, who I met on CouchSurfing. I had contemplated the idea to go to Mt Fuji before coming here but when […]