news &
trends
Trends ~ High-noon-holiday season in Europe
~warm weather and beaches open, exciting day tours, vibrating nightlife ~ you will relax:
Last minute booking is the way to get cheaply on your way: if you are not living in Europe- book a flight to a main airport and buy
one of the cheap Mediterrean island destinations. It's a great time now for these places: go to my hints ~
The ten top beaches of Europe: http://www.thetimesharebeat.com/europe/beaches.htm
News: United
Nations' report slams European asylum policy
A new report, commissioned by the United Nations' refugee
agency has accused European countries of forcing refugees to rely on traffickers. The independent report says
that tough European asylum policies have effectively closed the legal door for genuine refugees.They now have to
turn to smugglers if they wish to escape persecution, it says. Nearly 250,000 people applied for asylum in western
Europe last year.
travel & culture
Switzerland
again in the "spotlight" of this travel hints.
Suggestion: the Swiss valleys of the Canton of Tessin.(Italian
part of Switzerland). The Centovalli / A Hundred Valleys the most exciting & genuine landscape in the Southern
part of Switzerland. www.tourism-ticino.ch/eHOME.html
http://www.procosta.ch. Take the road from airport Zürich or Lugano to the valleys and explore
them. Stone house villages, old culture, wild nature, you will live in an other time. The language spoken is Italian,
but you will be understood in English too. Don't miss the Verzasca and the Maggia valleys ~ enchanting and impressive.
-Verzasca-valley
~ for youngsters it's pure adventure.
Canoeing, bungy jumping, climbing - enough stuff for adrenalin
rushes. http://www.trekking.ch/bungy-e-new.html enter the link
for details or read a short-cut here:13 million people all over the world have seen James Bond swoop down 220 meters along
the Verzasca dam wall in the Ticino. Now step into 007's
shoes yourself and experience the world's most famous Bungy stunt! You can do it yourself- book a travel to Centovalli
Fun & Action Center (Bridge Jumps), this makes the Ticino a paradise for Bungy Jumpers.
The
34th Montreux Jazz Festival swung into action on Friday evening with Huey Lewis opening 15 days of
pure delight for music lovers. A galaxy of stars will be performing this year, and as usual there is a programme
which offers much more .The 49-year
old Lewis got the crowd into festival mood with some of his most famous hits from the 1980s, including "Power
of Love" and "The Heart of Rock'n'Roll". http://www.montreuxjazz.com
See above
in "trends" European-high-noon-holiday-season:
here are
some suggestions
- http://www.m-travel.ch/fre/lastminute/
If you are a city-tourer: Paris, Venice, Rome, Stockholm, London, Berlin all waiting and offering their best summer outfit.
Just hop on a plane and fly in.
showbiz & talk
The "Casa
Malibu" at Coco Beach of Marbella, 30 yer long home of Sean Connery, 69, is on sale.You can buy it for a handfull
of Pesetas, its completed ruined, plastic plates and broken old chairs left, it has to be restored... maybe for
a buyer a souvenir of James Bond alias Sean Connery ~ born in Scottland.
Lea Rabin
and Christiane Herzog, two of the former European First
Ladies (Israel and Germany) at their last meeting. Christiane died from cancer. Lady Rabin is said to have the
same illness. Two human stars we honour herewith.
Zinadine Zidane the star and world's
said best soccer player of the European Champion-soccer- team is called in France: "Zizou, the cat".
France loves him as a soccer-god and his name has been painted on "Arc-de-Thriomphe". For the kids of
the poor Algerian immigrants he is symbol and hero. Their streets are the place where he started ..
Love Parade
in Berlin, the MEGA-party 8th July 2000: http://www2.loveparade.net/ life online from
the Parade. Visit this site to see all of what happened at the Love Parade!
fashion & cosmetics
Sexy, cool
und elegant: Leather is the winter-skin.Tight and in the
colour "Camel".
The In- outfit of the month ~
This snakeskin stamped leather skirt
is an absolute must-have. Slinky, sexy and feminine, it is the
height of this season's hottest trend, "lady chic// Amethyst
or Topaz chip bracelets by Coleman Douglas is the ultimate "after six" accessory.//Two-tone brogue mules by LK Bennett//Gold-rim
Aviators by Simon Carter // Denim handbag by J&M Davidson
// As Top wear a folded scarf //
COMEBACKof
the ladies' fragrances: elegante, feminine Parfum with style à
la Chanel, Guerlain, Dior & Co. are again in. Ingredients are: flower smells and oriental fragrances. Soft
and feminine Rococo from Wolfgang Joop, J'adore from Christian Dior or Emporio Armani Elle on top of
the Parfum-hitlist of Douglas. e.g.Tuberose,
Gardenia and Magnolia are the used flowers at the moment. Birmane from Van Cleef & Arpels, with the sensual
purpurlily Hiris from Hermès, A la Nuit from Serge Lutens, Jasminat, That's Amore . And Annick Goutal presents
with Ce Soir ou Jamais, a noble rose combination.
24-Hour Style:
a day in the colourful life of Talita Zoe Dalmeda,
owner of Koh Samui
Click here for full feature
sports & wellness
European Championship
of soccer 2000 : France.
The finals France<> Italia // Italia was leading the whole time. In the last minute France could make the goal ~- http://www.fifa.com
Formula 1:
The man with the soul of ice has won last week in France
once more: David Coulthard his on the socks, small amount of points back of the leader for the world-championship
: Michael Schumacher. http://www.formula1.com
business & stocks
At a news conference in Zurich, the Richemond Hotels Holding company of Luxembourg
said the aim was not to build a
hotel chain, but to have a collection of hotels, each with its own style. The group is to invest more than SFr100
million in the five star hotels listed below:
- · the Richemond
in Geneva
· the Royal Savoy in Lausanne
· the Arabella Atlantis Sheraton in Zurich
· the Schweizerhof in Berne
· the Drei Könige in Basel
· the three hotels at the Bürgenstock resort in canton Nidwalden
