GenevaLunch » Lake Geneva 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 Warm weather brings out elegant beauty of Morges’s tulipshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/28/warm-weather-brings-out-elegant-beauty-of-morgess-tulips/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/28/warm-weather-brings-out-elegant-beauty-of-morgess-tulips/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:31:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69646 GenevaLunch.com 100,000 tulips in Morges’s Independence Park MORGES, SWITZERLAND – There are shows with larger collections of tulips but Morges is hard to beat for elegance when it comes to tulip festivals, and the 2012 month-long display is now at its finest, the last day of April. Some of the early blooming varieties are fading, but [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/28/warm-weather-brings-out-elegant-beauty-of-morgess-tulips/feed/ 0 Lake Geneva bacteria-resistant waste water “not alarming” but treatment urgedhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/22/lake-geneva-bacteria-resistant-waste-water-not-alarming-but-treatment-urged/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/22/lake-geneva-bacteria-resistant-waste-water-not-alarming-but-treatment-urged/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:07:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68133 GenevaLunch.com Hospital waste water should be treated separately LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A startling discovery made by researchers at Vidy, in Lausanne, has led to recommendations that waste water dumped into Lake Geneva be given complementary treatments and that waste water from hospitals be treated separately. The research team from Eawag, the Swiss aquatic research institute in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/22/lake-geneva-bacteria-resistant-waste-water-not-alarming-but-treatment-urged/feed/ 0 Lake Geneva ferries to Yvoire make up for lost February this weekendhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/lake-geneva-ferries-to-yvoire-make-up-for-lost-february-this-weekend/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/lake-geneva-ferries-to-yvoire-make-up-for-lost-february-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:51:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67445 GenevaLunch.com NYON, SWITZERLAND – Poor Yvoire in France, locked in on its lake side by a frozen dock most of the month of February! Those chilly moments are well behind us, says the CGN Lake Geneva boat company, which is operating additional boats on its NaviMobilité number 3 ferry line this weekend, between Nyon and Yvoire. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/lake-geneva-ferries-to-yvoire-make-up-for-lost-february-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Switzerland’s strange signs of spring, sprinkled around the countryhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/switzerlands-strange-signs-of-spring-sprinkled-around-the-country/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/switzerlands-strange-signs-of-spring-sprinkled-around-the-country/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:31:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66889 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The days are getting longer in Switzerland, with the sun now rising before 07:30 and setting after 18:00. The last day of the month, 29 February, will give us an additional 20 minutes of daylight compared to 23 February. The vast quantities of snow in the mountains and continuing chilly winds in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/switzerlands-strange-signs-of-spring-sprinkled-around-the-country/feed/ 0 Swiss weekend weather (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/swiss-weekend-weather-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/swiss-weekend-weather-update/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:30:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66512 GenevaLunch.com Click on images to view larger: Valais avalanche, Lake Geneva ice skirts being formed Bern man dies in Valais avalanche Update 11 February 14:10   GENEVA / SION, SWITZERLAND – There is good news for skiers: the strong winds that were forecast have died down and slopes are open everywhere, with blue skies the rule. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/swiss-weekend-weather-update/feed/ 0 Valentine’s Day on Lake Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/valentines-day-on-lake-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/valentines-day-on-lake-geneva/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:49:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/valentines-day-on-lake-geneva/ GenevaLunch.com Special 3-hour evening on the lake on CGN steamboats, departures from Geneva and Lausanne.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/07/valentines-day-on-lake-geneva/feed/ 0 Siberian weather sparks frigid flames on Lake Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/siberian-weather-sparks-frigid-flames-on-lake-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/siberian-weather-sparks-frigid-flames-on-lake-geneva/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:25:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66300 GenevaLunch.com Fire death, drunk driver victims, high speed chase part of busy weekend emergency services work GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A new record low temperature for this winter was set in canton Graubuenden’s Engadine region, in Samedan this weekend: -35.1C. The death toll from the cold in Europe, now estimated to be over 300 people, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/06/siberian-weather-sparks-frigid-flames-on-lake-geneva/feed/ 0 Lake Geneva steamers, ferries reach 2 million mark in 2011http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/lake-geneva-steamers-ferries-reach-2-million-mark-in-2011/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/lake-geneva-steamers-ferries-reach-2-million-mark-in-2011/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:41:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65210 GenevaLunch.com Highest number since 1964, as steady annual growth continues LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The CGN boat company carried more than 2 million people on Lake Geneva in 2011, the highest number since the national expo year of 1964, despite the high franc compared to the euro. There were some 100,000 more travelers in 2011 compared to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/lake-geneva-steamers-ferries-reach-2-million-mark-in-2011/feed/ 0 Bol d’Or sailing racehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/bol-dor-sailing-race/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/bol-dor-sailing-race/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:19:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58938 GenevaLunch.com Geneva to the other end of the lake and back, a spectacular race with nearly 600 boats

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/bol-dor-sailing-race/feed/ 0 Bol d’Or sailors line up for glorious weekend racehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/bol-dor-sailors-line-up-for-glorious-weekend-race/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/17/bol-dor-sailors-line-up-for-glorious-weekend-race/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:15:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58935 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the most beautiful sailing races of the year takes place this weekend, with 500 boats and 3,000 sailors rlunning the Bol d’Or from Geneva to the other end of the lake and back. The race starts Saturday 18 June from the Société Nautique de Genève, with a weather forecast that [...]

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