Tag: land of cheese and chocolate

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Switzerland, where it makes sense to keep a wine tasting glass in your car (*) .

(*) when you have a designated driver.

Sierre, Sion, Martigny. 7 caves, 15 bottles of wine, 3 raclettes, 1 risotto, 2 charcuterie plate. 1 great view. Not a bad day.

All pictures here: https://www.flubu.com/blog/pictures/valais_may_2016/