Swan on the lake

Engelberg - chocolate capital of the world

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March 22nd 2005
This has got to be my favourite place so far, in fact if the 'z' and 'y' were in the right places on the keyboard I'd be happy to live here. Firstly the chocolate is INCREDIBLE - it really does melt in your mouth. Oh, and the whole Swiss alps thing is kinda cool too.... Actually it was pretty amazing to wake up this morning to see the sun hitting the snow covered slopes of the Alps, absolutely ... read more

Europe » Switzerland

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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