Nyon, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Nyon falls between the cracks when it comes to integrated transportation systems, apparently. Mobilis, a canton Vaud transport network with single payment agreements covering several local systems, has plans to extend its network west to Nyon, and to the Riviera, the north of the canton, and Lac du Joux, by the […]
Lausanne
Interview: Swiss student gives Chinese TV crowds a taste of their country
[/caption] Update: Liam won third place in the 2010 competition Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Liam Bates arrived home to the Lake Geneva region in Switzerland from China 28 July with more than the six-month scholarship he won from the Chinese government as a finalist in its international university competition for Mandarin speakers: he had a […]
Economic gloom bonus: fewer hours spent in Swiss traffic jams
Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The number of hours the Swiss spent in traffic jams fell to 10 048 in 2008, the lowest in seven years, the federal roads department says, and this despite a 1 percent increase in traffic on Swiss roads last year. The increase was smaller than in recent years, however, which has averaged 2.4 […]
Lausanne travel, sheer pleasure!
Last night I attended a talk in Lausanne on climate change and sustainability given by Lynette Thorstensen to Executives International at the Palace Hotel. Anyone who has ever gone to the hotel from the train station knows you either hike three blocks or so steeply uphill (and do NOT wear heels, sheer hell on uphill […]
Hamburger heavens in Lake Geneva region
The May 2009 edition of Baboo Time features an article Hamburger Mania with a long list of the best hamburger haunts in the Lake Geneva area, from Lausanne to Geneva, with one just behind the train station in Rolle. The listings are in both French and English, and give full descriptions of the hamburgers: how […]