Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swiss Tuesday shared with its customers on Facebook its disappointment in sharply lower traffic in April, due to volcano-related cancelled flights: 16.1 percent fewer passengers than in April 2009, for a total of 972,608.
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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.
Long weekend coming up: traffic, weather, Swiss travel
Consider heading for Bern to see new bears (video of mother bear Bjoerk saving cub from treetop)
Ashes: Swiss airspace threat eases (update 5)
Milan airports re-open, Munich closes Ash cloud moves north of Switzerland Update 5 – 9 May, 22:13 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Airports in Europe were opening and closing like doors Sunday, as the latest volcanic ash emission from Iceland wreaked havoc Sunday. Spanish and Portuguese airspace was mostly open by Sunday evening and airports that […]
Nature’s wild gardens, spring’s best ones
GUEST post by Shirley Curran A hike in the Jura mountains It is very quiet up on the Colomby de Gex during the week but, today, we saw 13 chamois. It is difficult to know what they are eating on the barren cliff side but they are very busy. The green woodpeckers, jays and cuckoos […]
Chemical spill – Bex road, rail traffic detours early Monday
Bex, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A chemical spill in Bex whose origin has not yet been provided by the police led to road and rail detours early Monday. Trains were not allowed to stop in Bex for two hours while firefighters rushed to the scene to manage the spill. Detours were set up for some […]