The Swiss Alps with Anna

Germany to Slovenia via Switzerland and Italy

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June 25th 2008
Gidday Its taken a couple of days to get used to being back in the Western world. Primarily just the little things, like cars stopping for you at the pedestrian crossings (and the speed at which the cars travel here!). Breakfast in Frankfurt was a delight, yay for butter, jam, nutella and decent (i.e. nonwhite and not sweet) bread. Oh, and the English Breakfast tea with milk! Anyway, Sarah a ... read more

Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Zürich

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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