Written by frangliz on September 12, 2009
- My first experience of the city of Zurich was the central railway station, or Hauptbahnhof, and it did not endear me to it. I arrived on a train from the airport at an underground platform...
Written by frangliz on September 6, 2009
- Having planned a short trip to Zurich, I scanned the shelves of my small local library for guide books and found just one on Switzerland. I decided to see if Amazon had any specifically for...
Written by phileasfogg on August 10, 2009
- Our ten-day sojourn in Switzerland was from a base at Lausanne, where we stayed with relatives. Some research into towns, cities and other interesting places in close proximity to Lausanne revealed Fribourg (pronounced somewhat like...
Written by phileasfogg on July 27, 2009
- Switzerland is my idea of tourist paradise. True, I can think of dozens—no, hundreds—of other countries, states, towns, villages and regions which are equally (if not more) scenic, historic and otherwise attractive, but very few...
Written by phileasfogg on July 6, 2009
- Heaven is never quite on our side when we’re going sightseeing. The cathedrals with the most imposing spires (like Bern’s Münster, or Strasbourg’s Eglise St Thomas) are shrouded in unsightly scaffolding. In Bern, we discovered...
Written by phileasfogg on June 25, 2009
- Bern, for those not in the know (as we were before this trip), was named for the bear. Or rather, for a dead bear, since that was the first animal to be hunted and killed...
Written by pabrams52 on May 31, 2008
- Luzern - Swans, Ducks and CharmLuzern was the last stop on my trip to Switzerland and ended up being a perfect city in which to conclude our tour of this beautiful country. My husband...
Written by SeenThat on August 13, 2007
- I arrived at Zurich as an invitee of an international corporation. At the time I was unaware to have been chosen by them to perform a technology transfer for my country; eventually that led to...
Written by haslo04 on January 19, 2007
- How to use (and buy) Eurail Train Passes.Needless to say, European trains are superb. They are fast, on-time, clean and comfortable. They also go nearly everywhere. Of recent, low-cost airlines have become exceedingly popular in...
Written by sbmalik on August 24, 2006
- Wonderful experienceOur trip in Switzerland was arranged by Swiss Ropeway organization. Rigth from picking us up from Zurich Airport to dropping back at Zurich town, our course director provided all the help in finding place...
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