Background: The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Switzerland's sovreignty and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers, and the country was not involved in either of the two World Wars. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations, has strengthened Switzerland's ties with its neighbors. However, the country did not officially become a UN member until 2002. Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations, but retains a strong commitment to neutrality.
July 24th 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich liebe zusammen
ja, heute ist ein sehr guter tag - mein smilen hat sich gerade nochmals um zwei zentimeter verbreitert...! langsam wirkt's verkrampfend... :-)))
denn: seit heute morgen bin ich st ... [full story]
July 23rd 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich we finally made it to switz and stayed up for 30 hours straight with a little nap here and there on the plane. pj says its light out so we cant sleep and phillip(our host/friend) says its better to st ... [full story]
July 22nd 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich meine lieben
auch meine geduld hat grenzen - die ganze html-geschichte in meinem blog findet also hiermit ein ende! ihr müsst halt einfach um die heruntergedampften bilder hier auf travelblog.org h ... 5 photos[full story]
July 21st 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich Everything about Switzerland went wrong, right from the beginning! In Swiss, I wanted to visit Geneva and Interlaken and ride the glacier express. But Rajesh was bent on hanging out with his college b ... 15 photos[full story]
July 20th 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich
auch nach dem erfolgreichen büroapero ging es festlich weiter: der traditionelle zoo-besuch mit meinem göttimeitli alena ist ja schon ein paar tage her, dann der abstecher in die urchige innerschw ... 3 photos[full story]
July 17th 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich Since my least posting things have been pretty calm but I figured I would post one last time while I still have access to Dominic and Deborah's internet. Tonight is our last night sleeping in luxury ... [full story]
July 16th 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East I know I have written for awhile, though not too much has been going on. I am planning most of my trips for August--when I will hopefully be going to Spain and Italy for a bit.
This past weekend, ... [full story]
July 15th 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich You can't get away from graffiti no matter where in the world you are. We saw our fair share of it from the train as we sped from Geneva to Zürich - riding a train is of course the perfect place to s ... 41 photos[full story]
July 13th 2008Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich So it seems I'm really getting behind at this - and No, not because I'm lazy.... Spring's over, the Boog's been burnt, avalanches have stopped thundering in the valleys, the Alpe meadows are covered ... 53 photos[full story]
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