Learning to ski, Jura (photo, S Curran)
Dawn in the Valais Alps
Snowboarding in the Alps, learning to ski in the Jura and more: if you like snow, this is the year you love Switzerland and neighbouring France!
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Etoy, Vaud: snowy fields, orchards and A1 autoroute
Lake Geneva region (GenevaLunch) – It was hard to avoid the weather 17 February in the region: either you were out in it or everyone mentioned it, or both.
The media covered it: Le Temps, Tribune de Geneve, TSR, 20 Heures.
Snow, accidents, and slippery roads until daytime Wednesday 18 February, when the sun is expected to shine, with temperatures just above 0C: that sums it up.
Which came first, the skid marks or the sign?
Ed. note, French lesson: if you’ve read the articles in our links you’ll have seen the term tôles froissées several times. It does not mean fried rooftops or cold tolls. Translation: Minor accidents or fender benders.
Title: Fest’Hivers
Location: Montbenon, Lausanne
Link out: Click here
Description: Multicultural warming up arts festival!
Start Date: 06 Feb 2009
End Date: 07 Feb 2009
Lake Geneva region, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Weather appears to be on everyone’s mind at the moment, with the Tribune de Geneve reporting that Genevans are in a gloomy state with 11 straight days of below-freezing temperatures and no sunshine except a few glimmers Monday, TSR pointing out that 11 days is not abnormal but nevertheless posting viewers photos of frosty, icy Switzerland, and MeteoSwiss offering temperature charts.
Title: Annual winter walk, Lausanne
Location: Lausanne, Vaud
Link out: Click here
Description: Rain or shine, the walk, in its 29th year, is open to all. On-site registration possible.
Date: 11 Jan 2009
