Lausanne - The Olympic Capital

Advantages: Great sports, great shops, breathtaking views, boat ride to Evian, calm and relaxed atmosphere
Disadvantages: Expensive trains, doesn't really cater for some food allergies such as coeliac

...As a keen traveller, Switzerland seemed a very appealing destination for myself but i didn't know how good it actually was until I arrived. I stayed a short drive from Lausanne which is located North of Lake Geneva (or Lac Leman as it is named by the Swiss). The nearest airport is Geneva, and Lausanne can easily be reached from here. Lausanne is a very beautiful city with some of the most breathtaking views over the mountains that you will ever behold. The first thing that hit me as I walked into Lausanne's centre was the Olympic Museum. If you are interested in sports, Lausanne is therefore the place to go. This Olympic Museum holds some of the most interesting and impressive Olympic memoribilia in the world. It is also the home to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a number of other sporting federations...

gaz_161 16.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Lausanne (Switzerland)

A fun way to spend the weekend!

Advantages: Easy to put together
Disadvantages: You need a dry day to build it

...Clarke Fencing, who had a rather nice log cabin as his office so I thought I might as well enquire close to home. Sure enough he did sell them and had details of the range he could get. The range he sells are from a company called West Bank Timber Ltd and he said I could expect delivery within a week to ten days which was just perfect for me. I selected the Lausanne from the range with a single door size 2.4m square, it cost £754 plus VAT and he agreed to deliver it for nothing so I placed the order. Getting ready That gave me time to sort out a base for the Log cabin. It needs a sound level base and whilst I thought of a concrete base I was persuaded that perhaps 50mm thick paving slabs would be a better option and just as serviceable. Although I am quite practical and I do enjoy doing jobs around the house I decided for this...

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Review of Lausanne Double Door Log Cabin

Excellent Hotel, not far from Lakefront Ouchy

Advantages: Beautifully clean, excellent bathroom, nice balcony, good bed, location, price, parking, staff
Disadvantages: Current construction noise, average breakfast

...This smallish 'boutique' four-star hotel is in an excellent location, just a few blocks up the hill from the lake-side part of Ouchy. It was just a 10 minute walk down to the numerous restaurants and small shops down by the lake, where we went each of our three nights to eat (note, however, it's a longer 15 minute walk back up again!). Ouchy is lovely, and much nicer than the centre of Lausanne itself, which we found much busier and somewhat confusing. The train station, however, is only a 20 minute walk up the hill into the town centre, so the hotel really is located pretty well between the city and the lake. The room was beautifully appointed, with a good king sized bed (more likely, two beds pushed together) and plenty of shelf and wardrobe space all around, although not much drawer space otherwise. It had superb air conditioning...

reddiguy 17.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Carlton, Lausanne

Just cop a feel of its rubbery knobs

Advantages: Very powerful, great quality sound, simplified features
Disadvantages: Menu can be a bit fiddly, slow to return the CD from its' slot

...I've had my Lausanne CD player for almost a year now, and I have to say, in that time it's been a godsend to me. I decided to buy a CD player for my car because I was tired of cassettes continually being chewed up and retained by the previous monster machine I had. My budget was, quite simply, as low as possible, and I wanted to buy the best quality CD player that I could for my hard-earned cash. Why didn't I buy a CD changer? Well, quite simply - I didn't have the budget and I'm of the firm belief that you can only listen to one CD at a time, so you might as well have control over what you're listening to rather than being stuck to a certain 6 or ten which are in the boot behind you! Plus, you lose boot space with a CD changer - yet another negative for me with a small Honda Civic hatchback! I paid £99.99 for my stereo from www...

indiegirl 29.11.2002 (02.12.2002) · Read review
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Review of Blaupunkt Lausanne CD31

Budget price not budget sound

Advantages: Sounds Superb and the price is right.
Disadvantages: Looks like its made from plastacine.

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Review of Blaupunkt Lausanne CD31

An Unforgettable Alpine Experience

Advantages: Amazing views, great hostel, friendly locals, lots of activities
Disadvantages: Too relaxing - you may not want to leave!

...he was booked out when I was there, but apparently fantastic), white water rafting and hiking in summer and, of course, ski hire and instruction. I didn't get to go skiing this time (my insurance didn't cover it and though very tempted, I just know I would have broken something), but I did have great fun going for walks, sketching the mountains, playing in the snow, making fondue (the hostel has a recipe that is quite easy and affordable if a few people chip in) and just hanging out in the common room, chatting to interesting people and occasionally looking the window and being overwhelmed by the breathtaking view. To get to Chalet Martin from Geneva, take a train to Bex (you might have to change in Lausanne), then take the connecting cograil train to Gryon. You'll see the signs for the hostel as soon as you get there. It's a bit...

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Review of Gryon (Switzerland)

The territorial clauses of Versailles

Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

..., Tunisia and Morocco, were now independent or were under British of French protection. In practise this had been true for some time, but under the treaty of Sèvres Turkey had to formally accept and agree to it. It was not a successful treaty. The Turks were utterly outraged by it, and Turkish nationalists led by Mustafa Kemal challenged the terms of the treaty with force when they drove the Greeks out of Smyrna. The result was the treats of Lausanne (1923) which returned Smyrna to Turkey. There were other criticisms of the Treaty of Sèvres. The motives of Britain and France in taking control of former Turkish lands were suspect. The Arabs who had helped the British in the war gained little. Palestine was also a controversial area and remains a troubled region to the present day....

joewcarpenter 28.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Everything that starts with V ...

Enchanting Switzerland

Advantages: A haven of scenic beauty
Disadvantages: nothing worth mentioning though language can be problem for english speaking tourists.

...Switzerland with all its scenic beauty,cow bells and marvelous and ever-ready to help people,is a tourists' papdise.One of my husbands friend had already been to Switzerland and he provided us with a tour plan for four days.We had four days and there was so much to do and see. We tried to squeeze in everything that we could. Instead of staying at a hotel in inerlaken( it was suggested by our friend. And all the Indian crowd invariably land there). Interlaken is in the center of Switzerland, so it can be made base for the tour, but my husband had already talked to his friend in Lausanne and we stayed there for our trip.Lausanne is the Olympic Capital" since 1994.It is home to the Olympic Museum, the most visited site in Switzerland.Bjart Ballet of Lausanne is world-famous. From what I have seen of Switzerland, I can say that every inch...

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Review of General: Switzerland

Top ten of being a chowster.

Advantages: Great fun ,Interesting
Disadvantages: Need to have a brass neck.

...Top 10 of being a chowster. Well I decided to do a work related review this time went looking in the member's area and found this. I work for a company called Cherry Chau we are based in stores like Harvey Nichols and Selfridges also Henry Bendel. Our head office is in Paris where our lovely owner and designer Cherry makes all the interesting and creative pieces I sell. >>A bit about Cherry Chau so that you understand my top 10: Cherry was born in Hong Kong and from an early age travelled extensively to far and distant places. As well as studying in her native Hong Kong, she studied French literature in Lausanne, Switzerland, and then in the UK she studied fashion design and production at the London College of Fashion. Always curious and seeking to learn new skills, Cherry attended many evening classes to widen her horizons...

maggieedwa 28.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of 10 Things About My Job

Take a step off the tourist trail in Switzerland

Advantages: Beautiful medieval city, relatively cheap, lots to do, excellent transport links
Disadvantages: none

...If you were asked to name some Swiss cities which ones would spring to mind? Bern? Geneva? Zurich?Lausanne? Chances are that you won't mention Fribourg and possibly have never heard of it, which was certainly the case for me before I moved here last year. A recent visitor described it as a 'hidden gem' and 'where the Swiss go on holiday' and that is very true, you find very few foreign visitors and lots of Swiss nationals visiting Fribourg. So why is this and what does Fribourg have to offer? ****Location and getting there***** The city of Fribourg (pronounced free-bour) / Freiberg (pronounced fry-berg) is in Western Switzerland and is situated in the canton of the same name. It is about 35km southwest of Bern and is located on the main train line between Geneva and Zurich. You can fly into Bern (40 minutes by train), Geneva (90...

historywitch 25.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Fribourg, Switzerland