Republished from genevalunch.com, my news site. Note: no word as yet on what is happening to the fine wine collection carried by Altitude, including many Swiss wines. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The gastronomic restaurant Altitude at Geneva’s international airport will have a new name, Le Chef, a new interior and a new celebrity chef, Benjamin Luzuy, […]
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Geneva airport gets new chef, renames restaurant
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The gastronomic restaurant Altitude at Geneva’s international airport will have a new name, Le Chef, a new interior and a new celebrity chef, Benjamin Luzuy, a “rising star of the gastronomic world”, according to an airport press release. The restaurant’s renovation began Monday; it will re-open at the end of February 2016, […]
Geneva’s Cornavin extension gets funding
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It will be 8 years before construction work begins on an underground extension of Geneva’s Cornavin train station, but the CHF1.6 billion project now has funding. The three levels of government involved and the CFF rail company signed a basic framework convention Monday 7 December that will add two underground tracks, a […]
Aerial travelogue, Geneva to London
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I flew to London this week, with an hour and a half to reflect on the great distances between France, at the Swiss border, and England, historically, culturally and politically. Today it takes us only 90 or so minutes and we like the illusion that we all get along; it’s easy to […]
Geneva, other areas face continuing floods
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If you’re planning to drive in Geneva, check out traffic conditions before getting in the car, with a some bridges closed, opened, then closed again, and traffic snarled due to detours. The city’s Infomobilite site gives live updates; red line streets are best avoided. Weather forecast: heavy rains expected in Geneva, Vaud, […]