GENEVA – This is no horror story. Instead, it’s a visual ode to the season, and to the millions of migratory birds that go over Europe each year – 5.5 million this year alone. According to BirdLife Suisse—an organization of bird-watchers who met at 59 observation stands over Switzerland over the first weekend of October—50,871 birds crossed the Swiss skies…
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Lake Geneva Unplugged
So quiet you could hear the fish feeding…
Here Come the Animals – Alpine Cattle Descent or Desalpage
GENEVA, Switzerland – This past weekend the beautiful city of Annecy in neighboring France, held its annual désalpe/désalpage or return of the animals to the Rhone valley from Alpine pastures, where they spent their summer. The moment was captured by the official city photographer, and, since “A picture is worth a thousand words,” I leave thee with…
In a Two Wheel Mood: A Pictorial Story of Bikes in Geneva
GENEVA, Switzerland – Not a day goes by without a majestic bike or a bike in a majestic setting crossing my path: