National Day in Grindelwald

The fireworks ending National Day in Grindelwald. (not easy to capture on film). Our last day in Switzerland.

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August 1st 2011
It’s the Swiss National Day today and one of the reasons we came back here before leaving for home. Our memories of the last one we saw encouraged us to stay a couple of days longer. We’ll see if this evenings celebrations live up to expectation. Today we did another favourite but it also meant being in amongst large numbers of people. It is a Public Holiday and the weather is superb so we ... 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

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