GenevaLunch » Graubuenden http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Deadly weekend in Swiss Alps (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/10/deadly-weekend-in-swiss-alps-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/10/deadly-weekend-in-swiss-alps-update/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:43:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68797 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two men died in the Swiss Alps in separate accidents Monday 9 April, one in canton Valais and the other in Ticino. A hiker in Ticino came across “human remains” Saturday. Monday was the end of the long Easter holiday weekend in Switzerland. A 36-year-old man from canton Fribourg died when a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/10/deadly-weekend-in-swiss-alps-update/feed/ 0 Google Maps unveils first train rides, in Switzerland, land of trains!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/22/google-maps-unveils-first-train-rides-in-switzerland-land-of-trains/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/22/google-maps-unveils-first-train-rides-in-switzerland-land-of-trains/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:16:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68145 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – What better country than Switzerland to start showing train lines on Google Maps Street View, and what better line than the Unesco World Heritage site Albula/Bernina line on the Rhaetian Railways! The new views were unveiled Thursday at the Transport Museum in Lucerne. The rail company and Google worked together in October [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/22/google-maps-unveils-first-train-rides-in-switzerland-land-of-trains/feed/ 0 Weekend ski and winter sports report: 9-11 March 2011http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/weekend-ski-and-winter-sports-report-9-11-march-2011/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/weekend-ski-and-winter-sports-report-9-11-march-2011/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:12:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67424 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Visitors to the Geneva area for the car show get a real bonus this year, with excellent skiing lined up for this weekend in the Jura, with ski lifts 3 minutes from the centre of the city. The snow is superb, reports our Jura correspondent, with fresh powder. Tip for iPhone, iPad [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/weekend-ski-and-winter-sports-report-9-11-march-2011/feed/ 0 Climber dies shortly after unroped on descent in Graubuendenhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/climber-dies-shortly-after-unroped-on-descent-in-graubuenden/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/climber-dies-shortly-after-unroped-on-descent-in-graubuenden/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:53:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61432 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 55-year-old man from Solothurn died Saturday 10 September after climbing the Taeschhorn in canton Graubuenden, in the company of a guide. The small group of climbers was coming down from the peak and heading towards Taeschalp at 12:15. They had just removed their ropes five minutes before, according to the guide, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/climber-dies-shortly-after-unroped-on-descent-in-graubuenden/feed/ 0 Weekend deaths: German motorcyclist, Swiss climberhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:36:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60652 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two people were killed this weekend in mountain accidents. A 68-year-old German motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon 14 August at the Maloja Pass in canton Graubuenden and his 62-year-old passenger injured when he crashed while passing a caravan being pulled by a car shortly before the final bend at the top of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/weekend-deaths-german-motorcyclist-swiss-climber/feed/ 0 Dry spell continues: bush and forest fires dot Switzerlandhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/dry-spell-continues-bush-and-forest-fires-dot-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/dry-spell-continues-bush-and-forest-fires-dot-switzerland/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:04:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56916 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A dozen bush fires have been sparked in canton Vaud in the past week, mostly started by negligence, from cigarette butts and cooking fires not put out properly, police warn. The canton has had a ban since 15 April on lighting fires closer than 10 metres from forests, woods, hedges, grasslands [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/26/dry-spell-continues-bush-and-forest-fires-dot-switzerland/feed/ 1 Weather – sunny, warm and more of the samehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/weather-sunny-warm-and-more-of-the-same/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/weather-sunny-warm-and-more-of-the-same/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:00:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=56690 GenevaLunch.com Fire warnings issued in canton Vaud due to dryness Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Temperature extremes are normal in April in Switzerland, with cool nights and warm days, but the week of 18 April promises to show off the phenomenon at its best, with cold and even frost in some parts of Switzerland early Monday, then [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/18/weather-sunny-warm-and-more-of-the-same/feed/ 0 Gotthard’s second tunnel pierced completelyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/24/gotthards-second-tunnel-pierced-completely/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/24/gotthards-second-tunnel-pierced-completely/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:23:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55666 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The second of the twin Gotthard rail tunnels was completely pierced Wednesday 23 March near Sedrun in canton Graubuenden, inching the mega-project to build the world’s longest train tunnel closer to completion. When the Gotthard opens in December 2016 the 57 km tunnel will cut travel time between Zurich and Milan [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/24/gotthards-second-tunnel-pierced-completely/feed/ 0 Swiss dream ski week, part 4: Scuolhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/14/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-4-scuol/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/14/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-4-scuol/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 07:19:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55198 GenevaLunch.com This is the fourth in the Swiss dream ski week series, where Nick and Liam Bates, regular contributors to GenevaLunch, see how much great skiing at top Swiss resorts they can pack into one week. Be sure to check their tips at the end. Click on images to view larger Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – This [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/14/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-4-scuol/feed/ 0 Swiss dream ski week, part 3: St Moritzhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/10/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-3-st-moritz/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/10/swiss-dream-ski-week-part-3-st-moritz/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:23:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55129 GenevaLunch.com This is the third in the Swiss dream ski week series, where Nick and Liam Bates, regular contributors to GenevaLunch, see how much great skiing at top Swiss resorts they can pack into one week. Be sure to check their tips at the end, as well as the video from the slopes. Click on images [...]

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