Schmid und Alfa
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Zurich
... a pig market but is now the financial centre, surrounded by the intricate and imposing Credit Suisse Building. As Thorben recommended, we walked along Bahnhofstrasse checking out the astronomical prices at the high-end designer stores. There were lots of pretty things, but it was definitely window-shopping only. We did go into Swatch to look at watches and the English book store, as well as a shop that the woman we were on the train ...
Lucerne
... painted ceilings and artefacts that one would have found in 1874 (except for the weird plastic Christmas tree and ornaments in the bedroom).
When we exited the house, we went through the “Alhambra” Mirror Maze, a 90-mirror attraction created in the style of Granada’s Alhambra for the 1896 Swiss national exhibition in Geneva. It was really disorienting! They had three objects: a peacock, a fortune-teller and a palm tree, which, because ...
Jungfraujoch Top Of Europe
... highest radio relay station, the Richtfunkstation Jungfraujoch, is installed atop the ridge to the west of the railway station. The Jungfraujoch houses one of the Global Atmosphere Watch's atmospheric research stations. The Jungfraujoch can only be reached through a 7.3 km long cog railway tunnel, served by the Jungfraubahn, the highest in a series of cooperating railway companies that provide access to the Jungfraujoch from Interlaken. - Wikipedia ...
Freezing our faces off, in a good way
... The air was fresh but begun to cool as we ascended the mountain side. We went through two sub stations before having to get out of the car to get onto the final leg of the journey. This one was a standing room only cable car that sped up the mountain past thick white snow. We passed a small chapel perched within a nook of the mountain and then docked at the top. Mount pilatus features two hotels at the top and a large restaurant and bar. There was ...
Swiss Miss & the Yodelers
... into this garden with theist gorgeous colored flowers, so imagine flowers in the foreground, crystal blue lake and green lush alps in the background. Unbelievable! We only had a little over an hour there so I took my pix before squeezing in a few shops. Not enough time to get a watch, but I'm bringing back chocolate for everyone! Then we drove to the little village of fluelen, just outside lucerne. Our hotel is right across from the water and in the valley of the ...