Lunch and Visit of Sion
It was very pleasant to sit outside on 30 May under La Pinte Contheysanne’s restaurant awnings in Sion Old Town, in perfect spring weather, and enjoy lunch with 21 other BRA members. Some of us might have been disappointed to see Madame Fumeaux, our indomitable guide, appear on the dot at 14:00 to take us […]
AGM & Spring Luncheon
The 70th Annual General Meeting and Spring Luncheon of the British Residents’ Association of Switzerland was held on 13 May at the Hotel Le Warwick in Geneva. The AGM achieved exactly what it is all about, bringing people together, enjoying the moment, renewing friendships and discussing the past and future of our Association. It is […]
Château de Vullierens Visit
The Château de Vullierens stands above Morges amongst the most beautiful countryside imaginable. The first building was erected in the 14thcentury but the present château was constructed between 1712 and 1715 and is now classed as an historical monument of national interest. The views from the house over the surrounding countryside are spectacular. The present […]
Claude Monet Exhibition
Those who did not come with us to the Claude Monet Exhibition at the Beyeler Museum in Riehen on 26 April really missed a treat. Monet was masterful as a colourist and as a painter of light and atmosphere. His observations of the same subject, viewed at various times of the day, were captured in […]
La Maison De La Cloche Visit
At the village of Juriens, in the Pied du Jura, is a magnificent private collection of Swiss cow bells, some dating back to the 1500s. On 26 April a small group of us discovered this treasure hidden behind barn doors. They are the property of Olivier Grandjean who greeted us warmly and led us to […]
Golf Day Chermignon
A great day out was had by the BRA group of Romandie East on Thursday 6th April. The group visited the public golf course at Chermignon d’en Bas (no handicap required), near Crans Montana. The sun was shining, the fairway trees were in full bloom, the greens were lush and the view was spectacular across […]
Visit to Monza
Eleven members of BRA from the Ticino travelled by minibus to Monza where we met up with two friends of Mike and Tulay De Morgan for the long-awaited visit to the Capella Teodolinda, the Duomo and its Museum. Due to a general strike in the transport system we had the museum, the duomo and the […]
Lunch and Wine Tasting Môtiers
Fifteen BRA members, coming from as far afield as Evian and Zug, travelled to Môtiers in the Val de Travers on a sunny Friday morning on 31 March. Several of us came by train from Neuchâtel and enjoyed the views in the Gorges d’Areuse as we made our way up the valley to Môtiers. We […]
Garden Visit
The garden was looking stunning on this mild, sunny, windless afternoon for the BRA visit.Amelia Smithers gave a short talk about her father’s creation, saying that often a garden dies when its owner dies but that in this case this was not at all true, since Sheila and Adolf are doing such a great job […]
Museum of the Reformation Visit
Discreetly located in a quiet corner of Geneva’s Old Town, next to the 857 years old cathedral of St. Pierre, is the International Museum of the Reformation. It retraces the 500 years’ history of the Reformation movement initiated by the German priest, Martin Luther, supported amongst others by the French theologian and pastor, Jean Calvin, […]