The following photos show the winners for the AMATEUR PHOTO COMPETITION FOR 11th edition of KNOW-IT-ALL PASSPORT®.
With nearly 100 entries, there was a fantastic choice. Each winner has a full-page photo used as a section divider as shown below and we used mini versions of the pages on one of the first pages of the book!
Each of the winners will be invited to see the 11th edition of Know-it-all passport® on press at l'Imprimerie Nationale Rochat Baumann in Geneva soon - more details to follow. Winners will also each receive 2 copies of the edition hot-off-the-press end of August this year.
10% discount for our knowitall.ch readers when they book as a new client before the end of July 2018!
If you own a cat or dog and are planning on going away over the summer holidays, then you need to start getting arrangements in place for your pet! For most dog and cat owners, the task of finding suitable lodging for their pets is just as important as finding the perfect holiday villa for the family. Indeed a personal recommendation goes a long way to helping you make the right choice!
So when one of the recommended kennels listed in Know-it-all passport® contacted us recently to offer a discount to our readers, we thought we should let you know!
Based in Chancy, just outside Geneva, Of-Liberty is a long-established kennel (since 1962) for both cats and dogs, described by the owner, Madeleine Champendal, as a “Colonie de Vacances or Hotel!
Lots of space for the dogs...
Describing her facilities for dogs to knowitall.ch, Madeleine told us, “All our guests are looked after individually with lots of affection and attention. They sleep inside, in large, comfortable, centrally-heated kennels (day and night at 20 degrees), in baskets with blankets. The kennels have a direct opening to a 5,000m2 garden outside where there is plenty of shade under trees or parasols.”
D E A D L I N E : MAY 20th, 2018, midnight
Do you take beautiful or unusual photos?
Would you like to see your photograph published in the 11th edition of Know-it-all passport® due out end-of-August this year? Click here to see the winners in the last edition.
The table of contents for this 11th edition is below and we need one photo per section (8 in all). The photo will be used as a category separator like in the example photos above. (See below for rules and prizes.)
8 C A T E G O R I E S
1) YOUR HOME
- Welcome to Switzerland!
- To Rent or not to Rent?
- Make Yourself at Home
- Gardens and Gardening
2) TRAVEL
- Getting Around Town
- Parking
- Outings and Trips
3) FOOD
- Cook like a Local
- Eating Out with Kids
- Wineries and Breweries
- Specialist Food Shops
- Chocolate!
- Cheese!
If you’re looking for a fun way to get involved in raising money for charity, then the English Speaking Cancer Association has just come up with a great idea!
Rather than organizing a single event to raise funds, they are inviting the public to organize their own parties, all on the same day: 5th May, or Cinco de Mayo as they say in Spanish.
Cinco de Mayo is an annual festival in the US, originally commemorating the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over the French forces of Napoleon III on 5 May 1862. Now a relatively minor festival in Mexico, it has gained a significant following in the US, evolving into a celebration of Mexican-American culture and heritage.
With this in mind, ESCA is inviting the public to get out their sombreros, buy in the tacos and tortillas, and put on their pointy dancing boots to organize a series of Cinco de Mayo Mexican Fiesta theme parties, the likes of which Switzerland has never seen before!
To make the task easier for you, the association has provided a handy guide that will help you through the process of inviting friends and, of course, raising money: all donations from your Fiesta will enable ESCA to carry on providing emotional support and practical help to all those affected by cancer in this region – free of charge.
Are you in a marriage or relationship with a person with Asperger Syndrome/ High Functioning Autism? Or do you think you are?
Would you like to talk to others in the same situation, share your experience and exchange tips on how best to manage?
If these questions resonate with you, then you should consider attending one of the upcoming meetings being organized by Cassandra, a new self-help group for spouses and partners of people with Asperger Syndrome.
Launched in September 2017 by a 48-year old mother of two, married 22 years to someone with Asperger’s, the group provides support and resources for a community of people who often feel overwhelmed by the behaviour of their partners. Wishing to remain anonymous, the founder told knowitall.ch,
“My marriage has not been easy. When I discovered five years ago that Asperger’s might be the explanation for all those difficulties, it came as both a shock and a relief. Setting up a peer support network for partners is my way of doing something constructive with what I have learned before and after that discovery.”
