International Friends of Lausanne

IF Valentine Fondue
Wednesday, February 14   12:00 noon
XXe Siècle Morges                                                   Photos   HERE

We were twenty Valentiners at the XXème, the historic pinte in Morges. The fondue chef reveiled to some of us the secret of the fondue aux 4 fromages. It is a happy mix of cheeses from the Romandie and ... would you believe, from the north-eastern part of Switzerland! The result is a smooth, creamy and tasty fondue ... so, despite we all thought we'd never be able to finish the the generously filled caquelons, all of them were quickly empty.  

International Friends New Years Lunch 2024
Sunday, 28 January
12:00 noon   

Where:    Le Vieil Ouchy Restaurant
Pl. du Port 3,  Lausanne Ouchy

WE were twenty to enjoy a joyful New Year Lunch and were blessed with sunny spring weather

Photos HERE

December

Saturday, 9 December                         PHOTOS
Christmas Lunch Get-together
Afterwork Hotel, En Bellevue 1, 1163 Etoy    MAP      
GPS  46°28'30.07N  /  6°24'38.73E

This year we will celebrate a Christmas Lunch, at the request of many of you!
We are pleased to mention that our friends from the ES&AS Club Lausanne will be sharing in this event.

The place is located in the Littoral Centre where you have names like Pfister, Hornbach and Fust. At the round-about where there is Fust, a BP station and Lidl, take the exit on the Jura side.
At the next round-about take the 3rd exit and you'll reach your destination in about 300 meters.   There is plenty of parking available outside.

November

Wednesday 15 November                                    Photos I   +    Photos II
Lunch & Presentation at La Longeraie, Morges
"LAOS – Discovering an Asian Jewel”

Nineteen I-friends came to discover the beautiful and little known country Laos presented by the two world travellers and photographers Annemarie Koelliker and Roberto Saibene.
Under French protectorate from 1993 to 1954 the country has today a population of 7,5 million living on territory that is 5,7 times the one of Switzerland.

The incredible beauty of the country we saw and experienced in the presentation, does fortunately not show a dark side that hangs over the country since the times of civil wars and foreign military involvement during the middle of the last century. It has left behind around 80 million unexploded bombs laying scattered in forests and fields near villages and covering 30% of the country’s territory,

October
Lunch and exhibit at l'Hermitage, Lausanne        Photos

After having enjoyed lunch at the Hermitage Restaurant L'Esquisse our dozen of 'IFers' were guided to another time and into another world ... the one of Japonism, a presentation of works of of Nabi master Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940). This painter was inspired by works of Japanese painters that were very en voque at the turn of the 20th century.

<-- The artist's autoportrait

September    
ICL 30 Year Jubilee
Was held on Saturday 23, 2023

Lake Cruise                    Photos      

The international Club of Lausanne was founded in 1993, informally on September 23 and 'officialized' six days later on September 29. As the 23rd September is a Saturday in 2023 and the CGN has a vintage steamer on that date to take us along for a celebration cruise, we have chosen this date for a special anniversary get-together.

The Lunch boat-cruise and was offered to all active ICL membes with the remaining funds from ICL. It included lunch with dessert, drinks and the boat ticket.

The anniversary celebration for the more than twenty participants couldn't have been better as we were also blessed with warm and sunny weather.

New name    

Seven name proposals were submitted to give a name to our new group. The one that received the most likes was   

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