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Vacation weeks give us a great chance to discover the truly local side of Swiss life if we take time out to read our resort newspapers. Crans-Montana’s Sixieme Dimension (Sixth Dimension) is a treasure trove of interesting tidbits about six communes in the region. It also has an online version. After reading Graham Dunbar’s sports blog on GenevaLunch I took his advice and watched the Champs Open snowboarding competition online, great reporting and quality TV. I am staying about 5 minutes from the slopes where this went on, but like so many sports you can see them so much better on television. One thing that struck me, and our snowboarding son abroad to whom I sent the link, was the impressive snow park built for the event. Turns out it was designed by an Australian chef and the paper has a great interview with him about snow parks. I also learned that an English woman took over a Crans bar in December and has six wifi hookups and she’s made the bar non-smoking, a brave move in a resort loved by Italians. Must check it out.

I also learned that one woman in a fur coat bopped another with a baguette for getting ahead of her in line. Things happen, locally. Read all about it: pick up your local rag.

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