Photo: CIO/A.Meylan
Organized by the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, this year’s Olympic Week celebrations will take place between the 14 and 18 October. Around 5000 youngsters between the ages of 9 and 15 years old will have the opportunity to try out approximately 30 different sporting disciplines along the Ouchy lakeside. This year’s special theme will be food and the five senses.
Although the main Olympic Museum is officially closed for renovation at the moment, this has not prevented the organizers from hosting the 32nd Olympic Week. Around 30 sporting clubs, and about 300 instructors and volunteers will be on hand throughout the school holiday week, to help initiate youngsters in sports such as fencing, rock climbing, sailing, capoeira, taekwondno, and even skiing! The Ouchy lakeside between La Place de la Navigation and the Olympic Museum will be shut throughout the week of sportive festivities.
Since 2012 is the year in which Lausanne was nominated “Ville du Goût” (City of Taste), young participants will have the chance to take part in a variety of workshops based on the theme of the 5 senses. Cooking lessons will be organized to help children become more familiar with fruit and vegetables and to concoct some surprising, but delicious recipes that are easy to make again at home.
This Saturday, 13 October, the Ethiopian Children's Appeal will hold its annual Fall Fundraising Bazaar in Geneva.
The bazaar, which will take place at 99 Espace de Quartier between 11am and 11pm, will feature lots of new items and jewelry made by many different designers, including ECA Founder, Jo Butler. Textiles, scarves, baskets, Christmas decorations and paintings will also feature amongst the wide range of products on sale.
For the children, there will be puppet shows, and beading classes, whilst Ethiopian dance classes will appeal to both young and old. A Chinese auction and tombola prizes should also prove popular with adults.
Jo told knowitall.ch, "All the proceeds from this event will go towards helping rural school children and HIV/AIDS orphans in Ethiopia. Our fundraising events have proved so helpful in the past, and have enabled us to deliver much-needed supplies such as school books, clothing and sports equipment to these children. We have now installed solar energy at one school, built two new quarters for teachers, installed vegetable gardens, and even taught the children how to grow their own vegetables! We have also refurbished the local health clinic, and installed solar power and a fridge for vaccinations. In addition, we have helped to support 16 HIV/AIDS orphans living in a home environment in Addis Ababa."
And book your family ski lessons now!
With the Summer holidays now behind us, it is time to start preparing for the ski season – yes, really! As the season approaches, knowitall.ch will try and keep you posted on all the latest recommendations as they are sent in to us.
The first of these comes from Ski Pros Megève, a popular English ski school located in the village of Megève, and which has featured a number of times on our site in the past. Founder, Mike Beaudet, has just sent us details of his "Early Bird” ski trips, running in Cervinia-Zermatt between 1st of November and 15 December, 2012. More details can be found in the article we featured last year on the site, but, in a nutshell, these are excellent, "long weekend" 2, 3, 4 and 5 day "tune-up" trips to the Italian and Swiss Alps at 3380 meters, which can be scheduled around your availability and desires. “Late Spring” trips between 15 April and 5 May, 2013, can also be arranged along the same lines.
For those of you that live close to Megève (and that includes anyone living in or around Geneva since Megève is just an hour’s drive from the airport), Ski Pros Megève will continue to offer its popular weekend programs for kids and adults as of mid December, or earlier if the ski area is open. This is a great opportunity to get the family out in the fresh air and learn to become "great" skiers in a season.
Whilst the offices of the American International Women’s Club offices may have been quiet over the summer, the AIWC photography group was busy planning its Photo Exhibition.
Featuring works from 17 of their photographers, the Photo Exhibition 2012 is scheduled to take place on September 27th with an opening-night vernissage, providing an opportunity for club members and members of the community alike to chat with participating photographers, learn more about the photography group, and enjoy an evening with friends. All photos, two of which are featured in this article, are for sale unless noted otherwise; a portion of each sale will be donated to the club.
The personal styles and experiences of each photographer, as well as the group’s wide range of monthly themes, have served as inspiration for the photos on display. The club’s photographers range from novice to professional, and have used a wide range of cameras to produce their work.
Photo: © Grégoire Chappuis
Open Day on 22 September, 2012
Since it was created in 2010 by the Morges Tourist Office, in collaboration with the communes of Morges and Préverenges, "Le CityGolf Morges-Préverenges" has attracted all kinds of visitors to its course, ranging from engaged couples on their hen or stag nights, through to school parties of children. This year alone it has been visited by over 1,000 people, and to celebrate its success, the Tourist Office has decided to organize another of its popular Portes-Ouvertes (Open Day) on 22 September, 2012.
The course, which is half mini-golf, half swin-golf, is open to players of all ages and is a great way for families to discover the the streets, parks and quays of both Morges and Préverenges. At one moment golfers are able to practise their swing in front of the Chateau du Morges – at another they are able to pick up their ball in the Rue Traversière! The majority of the holes are situated along the lakeside.
