Switzerland travel stories

December 1999....Amsterdam

My first flight led to Zürich, Switzerland, it was the beginning of a long, long day. Someone had the brilliant Idea to add Istanbul to my original route, Amsterdam-Zürich-Dubai-Colombo. Anyway, ...

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Northeastern Switzerland (Lake Constance Area and Liechtenstein)

A little ways northeast of Zurich in the Schaffhausen Canton of Switzerland is the largest waterfall in Europe (1). Named Rheinfalls (it is on the Rhine river) it isn't necessarily all that hig...

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Zurich

Zurich, known mostly as a business center, is actually a suprisingly pleasant place to spend a couple of days as a tourist. The center of town is divided by the Limmat River (shown here) (1) which ...

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Lucerne

Lucerne is the most visited town in Switzerland. All those tour groups that spend one day in each country in Western Europe choose Lucerne as their Swiss destination. The number of parking spots se...

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Jungfrau Region

As charming as the cities and towns of Switzerland are, it is the Alps that provide the most memorable scenery and the most impressive region of the Alps we've seen is the Jungfrau. The Jungfra...

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