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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
Our virtual stamp collection: London Olympics 2012
While we were visiting the International Broadcast Center of the 2012 London Olympics (see post here), we wandered into a post office/shop which sold stamps and related souvenirs (essentially mugs and posters with the stamp’s design and some special coins) to the reporters and broadcasting crew. The collection of stamps was a well-regarded hobby back
