View of Bern and the Aare River

Nothin Neutral About Switzerland

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November 25th 2006
I have decided to give the group e-mails a miss from now on, and try the travel blog instead! Thought I'd back date a bit for those of you I haven't been in touch with lately! So for my w/e off in November I took off with my friend Claire to Switzerland, I just had this overwhelming need to get out of London for a while, and after a lot of choppin and changing of ideas Claire and I decided on ... read more

Europe » Switzerland » North-West » Berne

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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