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By Judy Bereza, Guest blogger What would be the best way to experience Switzerland when you are an “advanced” Senior couple, reasonably fit and looking for adventure, but perhaps not ready to undertake all the planning and responsibility for the glitches can occur along the way? This was the...
At the very end of our Christmas Markets River Cruise we taken to Switzerland and stayed in Interlaken before heading home from Zurich. This trip was organized by the Smithsonian. It was an odd time to be there. Definitely off season. Interlaken is one of the oldest and most popular holiday...
I probably wouldn’t have chosen to go to Switzerland in early in December, especially the area we visited, but Smithsonian Travel added it to a Rhine River Cruise of Christmas Markets so there you have it. Off we went. We went to Switzerland after the active warmer weather seasons for...
by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger Tick-tock. Hmmmm? Zurich? In a world engulfed by ‘devices’ ready to give you the time of day with the swipe of a pad, it is somewhat wonderful to stroll through the commercial streets of a city so unabashedly about wrist watches and the wonder of hands moving...
By Dick Michaux, Guest Blogger When checking into the Hotel Walther in Pontresina, I asked about renting a car to explore the area around St Moritz and to drive to hiking trails. I was admonished gently by the clerk telling me that all travel around this area was accomplished by bus and...
by Judy Bereza, Guest Blogger Forget all your assumptions about hiking in Switzerland. You don’t need to be a fitness freak; in fact, if you can walk, you can be comfortably transported to the top of jaw dropping peaks, with perfect emerald valleys laid out below. And, if you happen to get...