Geneva Travel Blog

GVA: image courtesy of Geneva International Airport Switzerland’s Geneva International Airport or “GVA” as it’s affectionately coded has been a close part of my life for many years and we have both changed a great deal (all for the better, of course). Twice a year we get together for my holiday...

Hotel Kipling: image courtesy of hotelcheck.fr Steeped in hospitality (not to mention scenic beauty on placid alpine Lake Geneva), Geneva, Switzerland has everything any traveler could seek for a day, a weekend, several weeks or months (or why not years?). There are 134 hotels plus condominiums, studios,...

One of the topics of debate that is primordial at the Summit of the “Organisation internationale de la francophonie”, being held now in Montreux, Switzerland is the French language. Days are being spent discussing its social significance, its pedagogy, its codification, its grammatical dogma and...

No doubt the largest linguistic and cultural gathering of the planet, the 13th Summit of “la Francophonie” has been going on this last week in the idyllic Lake Geneva Riviera town of Montreux protected by the steep Swiss Alps. Of course, you already know that this area of Switzerland speaks French....

There’s an important historical celebration in the tiny Swiss village called Ried-Brig situated on the lower Alpine slopes of the “Matterhorn side” of the Rhone River Valley which is bordered on both sides by the Swiss Alps in the Canton of Wallis. (And you thought that the Rhone River Valley was...

When I travel, I find it fascinating to attend places of worship. I attended Christ Church in Philadelphia which had as former members, Betsy Ross, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington to mention a few. I shared the previously reserved pew of George Washington with my Mother and My Aunt and it was...

SwissRail Adventure: image courtesy of swisstravelsystem.ch If you’re planning a trip to Switzerland, you might want to come on your birthday. SwissRail has a birthday offer for everyone which is valid on all modes of public transportation including urban transport, lake boats, “les cars postal”...

Isostar L Carnitin Electrolyte tablets:image courtesy of shop.wander.ch Swiss Drinks to Quench your Wanderlust Thirst Electrolyte drinks will help you get uphill (even if it’s in the city, but certainly important in altitude). I recommend carrying a tube of IsoStar tablets (Coop supermarket) which...

Geneva displays Swiss pride: image courtesy of malias, flickr Happy Birthday Switzerland and to all the 100’000s of Swiss who live all around the world! Solid red square flags with a white cross will be flying everywhere on Sunday. Every public and...

  Equipped For "Cabane de la Mountet", Sonja, Lake Geneva Region Local Expert: image courtesy of Sonja Holverson     Pre-Alp and Mid-Alp Swiss Alpine hiking in the Lake Geneva region as well as other areas in the Alps is one activity where I definitely trade in my high heels and even my...