Lucerne by the river Reuss

Possibly my longest entry yet. It is Switzerland after all.

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January 9th 2006
We were posed with this question - why doesn't Switzerland need to spend that much money on advertising/tourism (compared to Malaysia and her Malaysia Truly Asia campaign, for example), and yet the world all over knows where Switzerland is (it's in Europe), knows its currency (Swiss francs as well as the Euro), and you know ... basically knows of Switzerland? We didn't get the ans ... read more

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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... ... read more