Category: Swiss Trips
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Neel`s day out
Last Sunday we decided to visit Basel Zoo. Honestly, I am not a big fan of Zoos and animals. But thanks to my son Neel, I have now visited almost all the Zoos in Switzerland. It is almost an hour’s drive from our home to Basel. It is now quite cold here in Switzerland, almost […]
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A visit to Allmend, Frauenfeld
When Mike suggested we go for a walk on a warm lazy Sunday afternoon, I gave into the idea, but not without a tough fight, as I had to pull myself away from the book I was reading. But as we neared Allmend, I had to admit I felt glad to be out and about. […]
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Chaplin’s World, Vevey
I don’t know if it was the love for his movies or the charisma he brought into the film industry or just the sheer romance for the classics (which I inherited from my dad), that when I read the news that a Charlie Chaplin Museum, “Chaplin`s World” had opened in Vevey, in the French part of Switzerland, […]
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Reichenbach Falls
Being one of the biggest fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, paying a visit to the Reichenbach Falls, was on my travel list for a long time! So when Mike took me, my parents and my mother-in-law there as a surprise on my birthday, my happiness was boundless!! Reichenbach falls are […]
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Pumpkin Lighting Show
On a Saturday evening Mike suggested we go to the Pumpkin Lighting Show in a village called Rudolfingen. What usually takes about 5 minutes by car, took us more than 20 minutes to get there. The route, the nearby field converted into a parking lot for the occasion, the village itself was packed with people. Just […]
These Fleeting Days 