Swiss Semaine du goût: 8 more good taste days Reminder – long weekend in Switzerland Start your day with a good, healthy breakfast! In this case, my breakfast Thursday at the Bellevue Palace in Bern, which I think offers one of the best hotel morning buffets in Switzerland. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – This is the year […]
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Mondial du Chasselas: happy wine surprises
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND /AMONG THE VINES – The second annual world wine competition for Chasselas, a white grape variety that is well known to anyone who has enjoyed the aperitif hour in Switzerland, turned up some surprises Friday evening in Aigle, canton Vaud. The world champion at the Mondial du Chasselas is German, overtaking scores of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Crowds come out for naval show, 140 years of paddlewheelers
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The 140th anniversary of the Lake Geneva paddlewheelers saw 8,000 people brave mixed weather in Nyon, with another 1,700 on board the CGN’s five steamboats for a “naval ballet” Sunday 19 May. Photos, ©2013 CGN The 1.5 hour-long display of maneuvers choreographed by First Captain Olivier Cheseaux ended with a flourish, as […]