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 » South-West » Lausanne I don't really have the time to blog right now, but I know you'd all love to see some pictures, so here ya go! ... 12 photos[full story]
July 18th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Lausanne Man has this week gone by so fast. Figure it's time I sat down and told ya about it!
So our group left Phoenix last Friday (early morning) and got into Geneva early Saturday and eventually figured o ... [full story]
July 1st 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Lausanne We rock at life! That pretty much sums up the last weeek or so...
We went to the theatre in London twice, survived the tower of London, climbed to the top of St. Paul's Cathedral, had several succes ... 4 photos[full story]
April 17th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Lausanne Quelques escapades faites ces derniers mois…question d’aller voir un peu plus loin ce qui se passe en-dehors du canton de Vaud, de découvrir un peu, beaucoup, de m’échapper du quoti ... 24 photos[full story]
April 2nd 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Lausanne C’est vrai qu’il s’en est passé des choses depuis quelques mois! Et c’est vrai aussi que je n’ai pas vraiment donné de nouvelles… Alors me voici, en direct de Pull ... 16 photos[full story]
November 1st 2006Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Lausanne a nice week end in Lausanne with my best friend Walter. Just enjoy the beauty.
We had a nice walk on the hill and the view was so nice.
And with Walter it's always lots of laugh -:)
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January 20th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Lausanne We had a busy month! We had a visit from a good friend from Texas, and took in the Holiday festivities in Lausanne. Emma arrived the first week in December. We strolled Lausanne, visited the Olympi ... 23 photos[full story]
January 13th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Lausanne La signification du mot « attendre »… 6 heures de retard en tout, séparées à peu près également entre chaque avion, train et correspondance à prendre en ces 1er et 2 janvier. Mais je suis somme ... 7 photos[full story]
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