Past Events

September
Shared Table at The Leman, Morges harbour
Tuesday, September 16

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August

Headquarters  of Mercy Ships, Lausanne      Photos

Tuesday, August 19

Mercy Ships is a humanitarian organization that provides more than 4,000 surgical operations and 13,000 dental treatments each year to people without access to such care in developing countries.

By deploying the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ships, the Global Mercy and the Africa Mercy, this ONG delivers high-quality surgical care, primarily on the African continent. At the same time, they work in partnership with host countries to strengthen their healthcare systems sustainably through training programs and the renovation of medical infrastructure.

Our friend Patricia Salzmann  showed us around in the garden and gave us an introduction to botany based on what we saw  on  the surrounding fields and on the trees under which we had found shelter.  Inside the historic mansion, we learned about the developement and the functioning of Mercy Ships while being treated with homemade cakes that Patricia had lovingly prepared for us.

Mercy Ships :  https://youtu.be/U4Y01GcZBk8

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June

Boat trip and visit of Yvoire  (Cancelled by CGN due to emiment thunderstorms)
Sunday, 15 June

The medieval village of Yvoire is on the French side of the shores of Lake Geneva. It has preserved its original port and streets. We will take a short stroll through the alleyways and visit the castle and its vegetable garden. We will also have an opportuinity to taste some local specialties on a terrace that offers a great view on the lake and the Jura

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May

Fondation Hermitage      Photos 

Masterpieces of the Petit Palais Geneva

Thursday, May 22

The Hermitage Foundation was exhibiting some masterpieces of the Petit Palais in Geneva, a particularly original collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. It did include also an exceptionally large collection of works that offers a good view of the careers of certain lesser known artists. It also honors some female painters such as Suzanne Valadon, Marie Bracquemond and Tamara de Lempicka.

We were a happy dozen who joined despite the rainy weather. 

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April

IF at the Casino, Morges       Photos 

Nobody joined for gambling ! But everyone enjoyed a great lunch on the lovely terrace located on the shores of Morges. Mont Blanc for once did not hide behind clouds.

Il also happened that it was the season of the Tulip Festival exhibiting thousands tulips with hundreds of coulours. 

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February   2025

Fondue on Valentine's Day
Friday, February 14                                                  Click here for   PHOTOS

Almost twenty Valentiners and 'Valentinees' came to Morges to share the mid-day around a caquelon of fondue. As starter we shared a delicious plate of prime beef cold cuts from the Valais, most often named as 'Viande des Grisons' which helped to shorten the long minutes for the fondue that was prepared on the second floor, to reach us. "We'll never be able to finish that" was my raction judging from the ratio of shes and his at our table. But no, even after having scraped off the 'réligieuse', one could read disappointment on some faces that the feast was over.

An event that we will again put on the agenda next year. 

A bientôt 🙂

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January  2025

New Year Gourmet Brunch
Sunday, January 12 

A cheerful happy dozen came to the new year beginning event in St Prex for an animated get-together around a brunch with sweet and salted delicatesses ... breakfast goodies, canapés, verrines, mignardises, chocolate and fruit cakes, you name it ...

Everyone left happy and is looking forward to meet again in February.

Photos past events
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December  2024                 Click here  -->   PHOTOS

Christmas Lunch

Saturday, December 6              
 
IF and our friends from the English Speaking /Anglo Swiss Club of Lausanne had a wonderful time at the retaurant Le Coucou. We were treated with a delicious welcome apéro offered by the ES&AS Club.

For a while we feared we will be surprised by getting some snow but no, the only surprise was the arrival of Santa Claus who claimed he was victim of a flat tire ! Perhaps in these days of climate change, Santa has switched from a sleigh to a carriage ? Anyway he was on time and he had brought gifts for everyone, whether she or he was noughty or not, during the year.

A nice get-together we shall repeat next year.

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November  2024                     
Saturday, November 23 
'FAR NORTH - the Call of Solitude' - by Annemarie Kölliker

A presentation with beautiful and impressive photos that showed us the incredible beauty of some plces far north that, as of today, are still preserved and not invaded by heavy tourism, fortunately.

Annemarie has traveled to the loneliest regions on earth. In the Far North she found what we miss in our crowded and hectic world. During three different seasons she visited Yukon, Greenland and Lapland. There she found incredible silence, freedom and an untouched nature.

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October 2024
Paintings from the Langmatt Museum    PHOTOS
Fondation Hermitage, Lausanne 

In 2024, as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, the Fondation de l’Hermitage was hosting an exeptional exhibition in partnership with the Museum Langmatt, Baden. Langmatt was the residence of the industrial entrepreneur Brown. The museum was converted into place accessibleto the public at the end of the last century. It is now renovated and modernized thus having to remove and find a safe place for the art collection. Hermitage was happy to have the priviledge to be one of the institutions which was entrusted to exhibit a selection of the museum Langmatt.

Thus this magnificent collection of primarily Impressionist works, is coming to the Hermitage for its first public display outside its home at Villa Langmatt.

As the photos of the visît show, it was an interesting visit that made all of us happy.

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