J and Friend

October 26th 2006
On the way back to Zurich, we stopped in Lugano for lunch. Lugano is in the southern part of Switzerland and is therefore in the "Italian zone." Italian is spoken there, and it definitely has a distinct flavor from the German feel of Zurich or the French feel of Gevena. It is amazing that such a small country has such diversity in language, food, and culture; it makes Switzerland a very special ... read more

Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Lugano

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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CM and J

In 2008, 2009 and 2010, we travelled mostly in the Caribbean, US, Canada and Hawaii. We were just too busy to post travelblogs, and Facebook has been easier to post pictures to, although not as good as this site. Hopefully we'll get back to posting our world travels to this site! We've returned from our Fall 2007 trip to Europe, visiting Switzerland, Côte d'Azur, and Italy. We've returned from our 2007 trip to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. As usual, we haven't completed all the posts, but will work on finishing them up. We've returned from our 2006-2007 four month around the world t... full info

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