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CHAPLIN, about his time in Switzerland
CHAPLIN, Sir Charles Chaplin, is known by all of us. What many perhaps don’t know is the fact that he lived his last 25 years in Switzerland after being banned from the US in September 1952. Chaplin’s, and his wife Oona’s, home was at the Manoir de Ban set on a 14 hectare park close to Corsier-sur-Vevey, near Montreux, until Chaplins death in 1977. The…
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PIZZERIA NAPULÉ, World Champion Pizze in Switzerland!
PIZZA! This post is not like our normal posts, but sometimes there is just something that we MUST share with you, our dear followers. We had been considering a visit to the Napulé restaurant for some time, especially after reading reviews about it and noting the fact that the owner and Pizzaiolo, Raffaele Tromiro, is nothing less but triple world champion in pizza making! The…
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OESCHINENSEE, Lake Oeschinen, Switzerland
OESCHINEN LAKE had been on our to-do list for a while – so when we noticed the option to even WALK on it, we had to go. From Kandersteg it takes just 10 minutes with the cable car to the mountain station and then a 2 km sligthly downhill walk to the lake (beware of crossing skiers and snowboarders!). At this time of the year…
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BERNEUSE, views and skiing, Switzerland
BERNEUSE is a mountain of just 2.048 meters, but with a fabulous 360° view to other surrounding mountains – even to Mont Blanc. Lake Geneva and the Swiss part of the Rhône Valley can also be admired from here. The Berneuse area, and of course Leysin in general, is a popular winter sports place for the whole family. A short trip by cable car from…
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SCHWARZSEE by Zermatt, Switzerland
On our trip from Zermatt to Klein Matterhorn, and the Glacier Paradise, we took advantage of the option to stop at Schwarzsee (Black Lake) to make the short hike around the lake and see the beautiful little chapel of Maria zum Schnee. This stop is also the closest you get to Matterhorn (unless you are a real mountain climber), wow it looks a lot bigger…
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KLEIN Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland
KLEIN Matterhorn – or Little Matterhorn, is the highest peak in Europe to be reached by a cable car. With its 3883 meters it’s enough for most people to feel the impact of the thin air. So let’s start with some warnings; signs of altitude sickness can, for example, be headache, dissiness, nausea and a fast pulse…..it’s recommended to consider a coffee break and to…
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ZERMATT, Switzerland – view to Matterhorn
ZERMATT is probably among the most known winter sports towns in Switzerland, maybe even in Europe. And if not for anything else, then of course because of the legendary mountain, Matterhorn and about 20 other 4000+ peaks. But, the town itself, with direct access to Gornergrat, Klein Matterhorn with the Glacier Paradise, Schwarzsee, endless hiking trails and a lot of history also makes it worth…
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Train to GORNERGRAT, Zermatt, Switzerland
GORNERGRAT mountain is easily reached by the Gornergrat cog railway from Zermatt. All the way up, the view to Matterhorn, over Zermatt, to lakes and glaciers is changing dramatically during the 9 km long and winding track until the Gornergrat railway station is reached at 3089 meters a.s.l. after just over half an hour. Before leaving the station we enjoyed the direct view to Matterhorn,…
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Christmas in Gruyères, medieval village, Switzerland
CHRISTMAS market in Gruyères, a really small but cosy market in the beautiful medieval town. Apart from the castle and other old buildings, Gruyères is mainly known, all over the World, for the extraordinary fine cheese made here. This was also another good reason for us to visit Gruyères again. Most of the many restaurants are serving delicious cheese-fondue in all “stink-levels” 😉 , a…
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THE abbey library, St. Gallen, Switzerland
The ABBEY LIBRARY in St. Gallen is, without doubt, among the most beautiful libraries in the World. It is not really big, actually just one room with books on two floors. But that is also where the “just” ends. It is the oldest library in Switzerland, and among the oldest and most important in the World, too, probably founded about 1300 years ago! The actual…
