Month: April 2013
Pritzker 2010 winner – The Rolex Learning Center at EPFL: Part 1
We should have posted these videos and pictures two and a half years ago ! But this adventure is worth the wait. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIgLmDKuAc0?rel=0&w=510&h=383] One summer night in 2010, while IT was visiting, we had dinner in Morges. And on our way back to Lausanne, we avoided the highway and used local roads which pass…
La Table d’Edgard, Lausanne Palace Hotel & Spa
We had lunch at this local hotel restaurant in autumn last year. It is one of several restaurants in the Lausanne area that has been awarded at least one Michelin star. The chef M. Edgard Bovier was very friendly and came out of the kitchen to chat with the patrons, including us, in French and English.…
London 2012 Olympics snapshots, Part 3
Here are some pictures of the other venues of the 2012 London Olympics located outside the main venue at Stratford. To recap briefly, we had a chance to see the 2012 summer games up close and here are our earlier posts: snapshots part 1, part 2, International Broadcast Center, badminton, diving, and track cycling. We were lucky to…
London 2012 Olympics snapshots, Part 2
Just found a bunch of pictures taken during the 2012 London Olympics that are intended to be posted. In our initial post of Olympics snapshots last year (it’s here), we focused on the events we saw. Here, the focus is on the venues. What’s the name of this thing ? It was massive. Noticed the…