Close up to some very old artwork adorning nearly all buildings

December 12th 2014
Where to go today? Up, down below St Moritz or down the Engedin valley towards Austria? We chose the latter as we’d heard good things about the new Swiss National Park headquarters at Vernez. They had just celebrated 100yrs of the park which is Switzerland’s only National Park. It’s strange really when you consider the vast areas of mountains that could be protected for the future. How lucky ... 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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These blogs were started to record our Europe May to August 2011 trip. The Blogs were great for us to diary each day, for others to follow and for us to review when back home. Several have been published into personal books. And so it has continued adding: Europe - Italy,Switzerland, France, 2011 The Hurunui High Country Walk 2011. Tasmania 2012 Europe 2013 - Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland. Alps2Ocean and Clutha Bike Trails 2014 A Christmas in Switzerland and Germany 2014 Biking the Danube, the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Lakes 2015 Vancouver, Lake Chelan (Washington S... full info

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