Time: 12:15 drinks for 13:00 lunch Place: Hotel Lido Seegarten in Casserate Cost: CHF 72 members, CHF 78 non-members. Please pay in advance to the BRA Post Office account. Aperitifs at own cost. No shows will be charged. Reservations to: Mrs Patty Pellegrini, Via Baroffio 1, 6850 Mendrisio, tel:091 6465352, or to Mrs Penny Osti, tel/fax: 091 9701654. Email: p.osti@bluewin.ch, Mrs Beverly Ortelli, tel: 091 630 0086 e-mail: 1superspider@nluemail.ch Should you wish to reserve a room at the Hotel the phone number is 091 0736363 This will be our traditional spring lunch with roast lamb and mint sauce. Menu will be following :-
Reservations to: Mrs Patty Pellegrini, Via Baroffio 1, 6850 Mendrisio, tel:091 6465352, or to Mrs Penny Osti, tel/fax: 091 9701654. Email: p.osti@bluewin.ch, Mrs Beverly Ortelli, tel: 091 630 0086 e-mail: 1superspider@nluemail.ch This famous garden in Vico Morcote suffered serious damage in the recent violent storms in Ticino and Northern Italy, as you can read in the following report. 29th October 2018 Waterfall Plaza. Vico Morcote. Much rain today and the wind seems to be picking up. Opening the kitchen door on Monday Morning our view across Lake Lugano seemed somewhat different. We could now see the Hotel, Cafe and cable car of the Monte Generoso on the opposite side of the Lake. The difference being that the magnificent Magnolia Grandiflora which blocked our view when in leaf or bloom had disappeared overnight. Unfortunately the garden has also lost 5 large Magnolia and until the clear up has taken place we still cannot estimate what has been lost beneath the fallen trees. Parco San Grato in CARONA has also suffered, as has the Lake side in Figino which looks absolutely devastated. although these are small losses compared to the loss of life and the millions of trees lost in Northern Italy […]
Date: early April 2019 Time: a full day out, meeting for car sharing 8.30am in Lugano, Returning 19.00 Lugano Place : Drive to Laveno to put the cars on the boat to do the short Crossing of Lago Maggiore (20 minutes) to Intra, then drive The few kilometers along to Taranto. This garden was created by Captain Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn between the two world wars. Cost : return ticket on boat, entrance to Villa Taranto and cost of Whatever lunch you choose. Reservations to: Mrs Patty Pellegrini, Via Baroffio 1, 6850 Mendrisio, tel:091 6465352, or to Mrs Penny Osti, tel/fax: 091 9701654. Email: p.osti@bluewin.ch, Mrs Beverly Ortelli, tel: 091 630 0086 e-mail: 1superspider@nluemail.ch
The BRA Council looks forward to welcoming you on the 18 May and thanks you in advance for your continuing support. This year our AGM is to be held at the Schweizerhof Hotel in Berne. This well-known beautiful five-star hotel is situated next to the train station and is a stone’s throw away from the centre of Berne. Our after-lunch speaker will be the UK Ambassador to Switzerland, Jane Owen. The AGM, Apero and Meal will all take place in the prestigious Salon Trianon on the first floor of the hotel. Cost: CHF: 83.- for BRA Members CHF: 93.- for Non-Members Please endeavour to make your payment in advance to the BRA account 17-55708-4 IBAN: CH 38 0900 0000 1705 5708 4 indicating AGM No shows will be charged Reservations to: e-mail: secretary@britishresidents.ch, copy to angiemeier@gmx.ch Or click here to use the on-line event booking form Apero 12:00 The Apero has been generously offered by Schroder & Co Bank Zurich Luncheon 12:30 LUNCHEON MENU Three course meal, served with 1 dl. Swiss white wine, 1 dl. Swiss red wine, mineral water, coffee or tea. Green-leaf salad with watercress, egg, parmesan shavings and shoots Veal Saltimbocca with a Marsala jus, served with […]
