Category: events
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2012: A year of “foreign” travels
As the end of 2012 is drawing close, we look back to some of the places we visited this year. Let’s start with those that were outside of Switzerland. We will follow up with a second post of the trips we made in 2012 within Switzerland. Click to jump to the posts – there are…
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Our Christmas dinner 2012
This year we are having Christmas dinner at home by ourselves and outsourced most of the preparations. Simple! Starters: smoked salmon, foie gras & lentils, salade noël (really just mixed greens with star-shaped cut carrots). Lobster ravioli in squid ink pasta, champagne cream sauce Roasted veal tenderloin (rosemary, shallot), gratin dauphinois, carrots in maple-syrup, saute…
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Fête des Lumières 2012: Place des Terreaux, Lyon
Over the weekend of Dec 8-9, we went to Lyon for the annual Fête des Lumières. The Festival of Lights is a uniquely Lyonnaise tradition which requires that every house place candles along the outsides of all the windows. Dating from 1643, it was meant to be a tribute to Mary if Lyon was spared of the plague. The light…
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London 2012: Olympics Diving
This is probably the last post about a specific Olympic sport that we saw in London. We have so far written about badminton, 100m sprint, and track cycling. The Aquatic Center was designed by Zaha Hadid who described the concept at her site: A concept inspired by the fluid geometry of water in motion, creating…
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London 2012: Usain Bolt’s 100 meters Gold
This is the historic moment of Usain Bolt captured from where we were standing in the stadium. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUHeNLvKmsg?rel=0&w=510&h=287] What was remarkable was the hush just before the start, the whole stadium got really quiet. Playback the clip above and hear it for yourself. We were standing in an area near the starting line. The…
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London 2012: Olympics Track Cycling
The velodrome, located in the western edge of the Olympics Park, is a simple but beautiful piece of architecture. With a curved and sloping facade of natural wood, the outside mimics the inside. We went on Day 10 of the games to see track cycling (would have loved to see BMX cycling which started after…