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- Bern
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Switzerland Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Switzerland
We are headed home
This is a top pick! 4 am came early. Really early. We tried to be as quiet as possible. Well everyone but Christina. Heather took the key to the room when she headed down with her luggage. The lights were on a timer connected to key so when the lights went out, Christina at ...
Finally, in the Alps (or at Least Next to Them)
This is a top pick! For some reason, I had always assumed Switzerland was entirely covered by the Alps. Surprisingly, I was wrong. You can actually be in Switzerland without being in the Alps, which was a bit of a disappointment for me when it turned out my friend was living ...
All Good Things...
This is a top pick! Not much today. Just a 6-hour train ride to Zurich to spend the night near the airport. I did have a little trouble figuring out if I was on the correct train. It was one of those that separated, and only the cars going the other way were labeled. The ...
Zurich by day, Lugano by night...
This is a top pick! ... brief relaxation and catch up at their apartment we are heading down to the local bar to catch the Euro games, which featured a Switzerland home game making for yet another lively crowd. Somehow, we wind up playing kings at the bar and end the ...
Planning and packing
This is a top pick! I used to enjoy packing for a big trip, challenging myself to bring as little as possible while not missing any necessities, and I was quite good at it, though I still tend to pack a few things I don't use. Five weeks in Thailand was easy to pack for. I ...
Swiss Family Tuckwell
This is a top pick! ... and 9.30 overnight train to Switzerland's Finance capital...... A few common Switzerland misconceptions 1) Bern is the capital of Switzerland not, thou bigger cities, Geneva or Zurich 2) There is not an all incorporating language of SWISS. Of which ...
Wynigen with Sues wonderful family
This is a top pick! 23.7.06 Wynigen It was a very hot day so Sylvie (next door) let us swim in her pool, ahhh, delicious. We were happy to relax and get to know Sue's family under the gazebo. We laughed and talked a lot. Esther speaks very good English and so do the ...
What are you asking me for?
This is a top pick! ... had a basic knowledge of the country's geography and politics, but that was about it. I certainly hadn't attempted to acquire any Switzerland-specific travel skills, like what exactly I was supposed to do with my ticket and why the train doors didn't open ...
Authentic Swiss Country Girl
This is a top pick! Hi So on our last day in Turkey we went shopping in Istanbul. I love shopping in Turkey as it is fun to see how the price drops as you go to leave. We bought a blanket that is close to King size and very decorative. When Andrew asked the price he was ...
France and Switzerland
This is a top pick! ... and about 4 floors. It was all quite nondescript. Apparently there are many of these "factories" throughout this area of Switzerland - where the art of watchmaking is still appreciated. After visiting the factory and the museum at Chateau des ...
Sticker Shock
This is a top pick! ... the town. Estavayer-le-Lac is a small town overlooking Lake Neuchâtel (Lac de Neuchâtel). Because I didn't do any research on Switzerland, I didn't know anything about the town or the area. It seemed to be the standard European town with a couple of old ...
Yet more old haunts, sorry, friends
This is a top pick! Paul and Toni-Rae have the most amazing apartment looking over Lake Geneva. Spend the weekend with them eating lots and wandering around Geneva, the port and visit some old town up the lake with a castle that I can't recall now. ...
Swiss Roosters are Better than Japanese Roosters
This is a top pick! ... planned, he just wanted to check it out, so we strolled along Lake Geneva. With Lake Geneva situated on the border between Switzerland and France, the guidebook called Montreux the "Swiss Rivera", and it looked a lot like I imagine the French Rivera might ...
Schildhorn Beauty
This is a top pick! ... parasailers. It was really lovely and fresh up there. We felt lucky we had someone to take us there otherwise it's a part of Switzerland we probably would not have seen and enjoyed. There is also a revolving restaurant up there so you gradually get a ...
Lucerne not Lausanne
This is a top pick! Monday 16th July - Thursday 19th July Pete is going to have a break from writing this blog, he reckons he's got writers block plus holiday head so it's up to me to keep the blog going. After visiting the city in Lausanne with drove north to Lucerne ...
Zurich - Day 126
This is a top pick! ... by the river so the residents can bath, and there are steps into the river at various points. Beginning to like Switzerland. My friends sister's boyfriend's birthday party this evening (sorry about the mouth full). So went to their house for some ...
Lugano Shenanigans
This is a top pick! ... a lot of people from all walks of life... local celebrity comes to mind as a way of describing their lives in Switzerland! Lugano is a quaint town of maybe 100,000 high in the Alps with spectacular views across Lake Lugano and the surrounding ...
Maderanerthal Region (Swiss Alps) - Day 127-128
This is a top pick! Day 127 - 28/06/08 A train and a few buses today to reach Golzern which is a small village in the beautiful snow capped Swiss Alps. The transport system is amazing here, completely integrated, so when you get off the train the bus is waiting to take ...
Zurich - Day 129
This is a top pick! Nothing interesting to tell today, posted 8kg of stuff home, mostly purchases from Vietnam and some other odds and ends which I no longer needed to haul around with me. Went out for dinner in the evening to an Asian restaurant. Getting my body ...
Chilling in Bern
This is a top pick! ... goal of Prague in seven days - for us to meet back in Rome in a week or so. First stop for this random tour of Switzerland was Bern. What a brilliant couple of days, a beautiful city, great food and an absolute pleasure to not be staying in a hostel. ...
On a High
This is a top pick! ... , Jungfrau, Switzerland · GMT +1:00 hour Anyone who has not seen the scenery which surrounds Interlaken does not know Switzerland - Felix Mendelssohn Efficiency Personified So we headed, bags on back, to Bern train station where we set about ...
Luxurious Lachen...
This is a top pick! So my standards have yet moved a few notches lower and I now consider myself content to stay in places that are not leaking, and are indoors. Previously, I was looking for beds a bit softer than granite, toilet paper, hot water...or really running ...
Top of Europe
This is a top pick! ... and were taken to a club across the street from his restaurant. And here's a piece of advice on clubbing in Geneva (and Switzerland in general): only do it if you have a really strong dislike for your money. The only entertainment we got (for a Friday ...