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150 years of Nestle

Posted on June 26, 2016 By admin

Last Friday, Nestle threw an intimate little gathering for its Swiss employees. All of them. They closed *all* of the Swiss production lines for one day to ensure that people could come. Between 8000 and 9000 people showed up at the Palais de Beaulieu, in Lausanne. Everything was catered: transport from all over Switzerland, locally sourced food and beer/wine, and a full roster of Swiss performers. I left early, because I was starting to feel crappy (ended up with a full-blown case of man flu over the weekend) but apparently it was a blast.

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Le. (Swiss) Pie

Posted on June 18, 2016June 20, 2016 By admin

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I’d love to actually try them, but they all have garlic.

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Festival Québécois à Pully

Posted on June 17, 2016June 17, 2016 By admin

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Ça toffe!

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CGN Naval parade 2016

Posted on May 22, 2016May 27, 2016 By admin

For this 21th edition, the naval parade will be at Morges. This will also be the opportunity to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Morges yacht club. On this day, discover the wonderful Belle Époque boats on Lake Geneva.


https://www.flubu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cgn-balloons.mp4

https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/cgn_parade_morges_may_2016/

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The yahoos are in town

Posted on May 21, 2016May 22, 2016 By admin

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So, apparently, the European HQ of Monsanto is in Morges. It tends to attract the wrath of the greenie masses every couple of years.

2000 personnes à Bâle et 1200 à Morges ont marché dans les rues samedi pour soutenir une agriculture durable et demander la fin du “diktat” de multinationales de l’agrochimie. Aucun incident n’est à déplorer dans les deux villes. Cette marche “pacifique et citoyenne” était organisée par les groupes bénévoles vaudois et genevois de Greenpeace, avec le soutien d’Attac, de Stop OGM et de PAN Swiss, ont-ils indiqué dans un communiqué.

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I went to Gruyere and all I got was licked by a cow

Posted on May 17, 2016 By admin

More pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/gruyere_may_2016

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Master chocolate taster

Posted on May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 By admin

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Smells like chocolate, looks like chocolate, feels like chocolate, sounds like chocolate *glomph* yup, chocolate.

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Family selfie

Posted on May 15, 2016May 16, 2016 By admin

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You might actually believe we were having a good time and liked each other!

(we did, and we do, most of the time)

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There is a reason why this is a Unesco world heritage site

Posted on May 15, 2016May 16, 2016 By admin

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The views from Lavaux are spectacular. It’s also fascinating how the same Chasselas grape can have so many different tastes. The terroir and inclination of the hillsides makes the difference, as does the amount of sunshine reflected off the lake and the amount of heat retained by the terrace walls in the steeper regions.

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Swiss efficiency

Posted on May 14, 2016May 16, 2016 By admin

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Redbull next to the vodka, tonic next to the gin, coke next to the rum. Simples!

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