Photo above: Swiss Quote building in Gland
On Tuesday May 17th at 19:00 there will be a presentation by Diccon Bewes, author of “Swiss Watching”, along with Swiss Tourism at Brillantmont International School in Lausanne. A representative from Swiss Tourism will talk about some of the enchanting treasures that Switzerland has to offer.
Then, Diccon Bewes will go behind the scenes of his hugely successful book, and the audience will discover that Switzerlandgoes beyond cows, trains, chocolate, and private banking. This is a Léman events production.
Here’s more info about the book “Swiss Watching”.
One country with four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.7 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there’s nowhere else like it in Europe. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of sea water, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Swiss Watching is a revealing historical journey around Europe’s most individual country. While seeking Heidi and meeting Tell, it relives a bloody past and explores an uncertain future.
It’s also the story of its people, who have more power than their politicians, but can’t speak to one another in the same language – and who own more guns per head than the people of Iraq. As for those national clichés, well, not all the cheese has holes, cuckoo clocks aren’t Swiss and the trains don’t always run exactly on time.
For registration for this event click here Swiss Tourism presentation at 19:00. Then author Diccon Bewes speaks at 19:30 Q & A followed by an apero, networking, book signing and possible tour of the school from 20:15.