Tag: switzerland
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Château de Chillon, part 2
Continuing with our tour of Château de Chillon started in part 1 which focused on the inside, we now go outside. Scaled model of Chillon – the lake is on the far side of the castle where there are no turrets. I guess they do not expect invaders to attack from the lake. My vantage point above the…
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Château de Chillon, part 1
Chateau de Chillon is located near Montreux on the north shore of Lac Leman – about 40 minutes drive from where we live. It is an extremely popular castle for obvious reasons: its history (built in the middle ages), physical setting (lake side), location (historically on the north-south Alps trade route) and literature connection (Byron). Its…
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Geneva’s 80th International Motor Show
This post is about something we did two years ago. So before all the new cars on show become old news … We went to see the annual 80th International Motor Show (80e Salon International de l’Auto) at Geneva’s Palexpo on the second but last day in March 2010. We were stuck in traffic outside Geneva…
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Summer fun: Weber BBQ
When I came back from vacation in Southern California (19C), I was shocked by the 28C difference – apparently Switzerland just had a cold snap (-9C). Under such circumstance and after the post about hotpot/fondue for winter, I have to say something about the warmer season. This past summer we got ourselves a BBQ. We…
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Winter comfort: Hotpot / Fondue
There is nothing more inviting in a frigid winter or a lunar new year feast than a hotpot 火鍋 ? Known also as a steamboat as my Malaysian or Singaporean friends might call it or a fondue locally. While in the US, we had one made in Japan and the pot consisted of two compartments. Soups…
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Lausanne food porn: Anne-Sophie Pic @ Beau-Rivage Palace – part 2 (Flickering Stars)
This is part two of the food porn post of my birthday dinner at Anne-Sophie Pic at the Beau-Rivage Palace. Read part one here. We had rose champagne to start and a Petite Avrine white wine from Valais (a low production local specialty). The water glass was remarkably beautiful – a Baccarat. Sue chose the Autumn menu which…