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Sherlock’s Cheeky Switzerland
Sherlock’s Cheeky Switzerland
Sherlock’s Cheeky Switzerland
Meiringen is the ultimate pilgrimage site for Sherlock fans. Literally. In the story “The Final Problem,” Sherlock (along with his nemesis, Professor Moriarty) plunged to his death at Reichenbach Falls just outside the Swiss town.
Swiss, Please: Raclette
Swiss, Please: Raclette
Swiss, Please: Raclette
Along with watches and chocolate, cheese is one of Switzerland’s great treasures, and raclette—both a semifirm cheese and a stick-to-your-ribs dish—is an Alpine gem that remains little known outside this country’s borders.
History Lessons in Geneva
History Lessons in Geneva
History Lessons in Geneva
Museums aren’t usually my top priority when I travel. Too often they end up being something that has to be ticked off my list. Mona Lisa…check, Sagrada Familia…check (you get the point). But when I visited Geneva, I wanted to dig a little deeper to find out what had shaped the city’s history. So I visited not one, but five museums. This is where I went and what I learned.
Ti Amo Ticino
Ti Amo Ticino
Ti Amo Ticino
I traveled on Swiss public transportation for one full month and the only time I was late was when we dipped into Italy. Yes, I’m blaming Italy for making the Swiss late. My Swiss post bus from Tirano to Lugano left right on time and the driver timed each of our pit stops with a…
Engadin Nut Tart
Engadin Nut Tart
Engadin Nut Tart
Pastry is my favorite word in Europe — — so, leave it to me to discover the one sugary baked thing that “defines” the region I am visiting. National flags, anthems, costumes, and coats of arms are all very nice, but if you can symbolize your regional pride in an edible manner, you have my…
Learning Romansh
Learning Romansh
Learning Romansh
In 7th grade I almost failed Latin. It was the declensions that got me—also, as a 12-year old, learning a dead language was as abstract as the idea of traveling the world. That all changed the first time I came to Europe, visited a Roman ruin, and discovered that I could read the weathered inscriptions…
Regarding Yodeling
Regarding Yodeling
Regarding Yodeling
Julie Andrews had it all wrong. In the 1965 film musical The Sound of Music, her character Maria sings how The Lonely Goatherd yodeled and how it sounded “lusty and clear from the goatherd’s throat.” Clearly neither she nor Oscar Hammerstein II knew anything about actual yodeling. “With yodeling your voice jumps from deep in…
Travel By Glacier
Travel By Glacier
Travel By Glacier
“There were three skulls and their teeth were so white!” That’s how my mountain guide began our hike onto Aletsch glacier—by recounting with excitement and detail the condition of three dead bodies he had seen laying on the ice the day before. A British couple had happened upon them while exploring the glacier and my…
The Men Who Jump Off Cliffs
The Men Who Jump Off Cliffs
The Men Who Jump Off Cliffs
I never want to witness a suicide, but I think I just did. My hands are shaking, my knees wobbly. I am too scared to look over the edge—not only because of what I might see but because the edge of the cliff is nearly 2,000 feet high. One minute there were five of us…
Swiss Puppy Dogs
Swiss Puppy Dogs
Swiss Puppy Dogs
I want one Bernese Mountain Dog to go, please. Those of you who follow on Twitter know that I make no secret of my acute dog obsession, seeking them out wherever I travel, an posting all “my” dogs. One of the gifts of travel is learning what is truly universal on earth. After years of…
Crossing the Röstigraben
Crossing the Röstigraben
Crossing the Röstigraben
I was traveling backward, the rain falling away from the final window on the train. I was sitting in the last seat on the last car of the GoldenPass, facing backward at a panoramic window that showed me all the wet green landscape I was leaving behind, the whole of it measured out in miles…
Real Swiss Cheese
Real Swiss Cheese
Real Swiss Cheese
“If the cheese has holes, then that’s a problem.” So says Swiss cheesemaker Dominique Yersin as he pats one of his giant wheels of cheese, each one weighing more than 50 pounds. In America, most of us live with “Swiss cheese“—a white and rubbery cheese with a specific flavor and trademark holes. In fact, most…
Geneva On Two Million Dollars A Day
Geneva On Two Million Dollars A Day
Geneva On Two Million Dollars A Day
In summer, the red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) migrates from India and Africa north to Europe where they spend the warmer season diving for tasty, sub-aquatic plants. They are startling birds to look at—the first one I saw looked like a toy—a rubber ducky with a bill spray-painted fire-engine red and a glowing red and gold…
Where the Web Was Born
Where the Web Was Born
Where the Web Was Born
We visit graves to remember the past, but where do you go when we want to remember the future? Well . . . Switzerland. I always say that travel is very personal and that our most cherished travel dreams often lead us to very remote places with personal meaning. Birdwatchers go to the ends of…
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