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Swiss soldiers, part of the weekend commando operation, near the A9 autoroute, Chablais

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Taking the fast road down from the high alps: Swiss cows near Crans-Montana

Lausanne/Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland did its best to live up to clichéd images this weekend.

Swiss soldiers were running around in the mountains as part of commando exercises with soldiers from other European countries, the cows came down from their summer pastures in the high alps in many areas – sometimes with garlands and festivities – and families headed for their vineyards in Valais to pick grapes. Valais, the largest wine-producing canton, has 26,000 grape growers, the majority of which are not commercial winemakers.

Indian summer weather graced the activities in many parts of western Switzerland Saturday.

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News story, GenevaLunch, 27 September 2009.

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