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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -Before I went to Japan I had heard that internet connectivity would be a problem.
And, as surprising as it can be, given that Japan is one of the most connected countries in the world, if you go unprepared it can actually be an issue because free wifi is not really that common.
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Switzerland’s largest court has rejected three appeals from French groups who object to absinthe being a registered Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). The Federal Administrative Tribunal in St Gallen has left the door open for the three to appeal to the Federal Tribunal, the country’s highest court. Absinthe spent […]
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s cheapest hotel club sandwich is in Lugano, CHF12, with Montreux and Zermatt right behind at CHF13 and CHF15.50 respectively. You can get a relatively cheap one in Geneva, at CHF13.50, but this is also the city with Switzerland’s most expensive one, at CHF50. The prices are the latest addition to the […]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – The most curious thing about the Daily Mail’s club sandwich index article, which puts Geneva at the top of the list as the city with the most expensive club sandwiches in the world – is how or why the world’s hotels have all decided to offer their guests club […]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here’s the news: Pinot Noir ’09 from Gantenbein winery in canton Graubuenden was given a note of 91 by Robert Parker wine reviewer Neal Martin. This comes on the heels of four Swiss wines mentioned recently by another Parker reviewer, David Schildknecht. The information was bundled into a press release from Swiss […]