Legend tells that in the year 968, a knight was hunting deer in the forests of Rammelsberg, a peak in the Harz Mountains. Stopping for a rest, he tied his horse to a tree. Restless, the horse pawed at the...
Have you ever seen a glacier up close? Hiked along one, touched it, or possibly hazarded a crossing? If so, you’ll know they’re powerful forces of nature, hulking masses of snow and ice, creeping downhill so imperceptibly they could easily...
If you didn’t know where to find the entrance to the Salina Turda Salt Mine, you’d likely drive right past it. Capped above ground by a modern glass and steel dome next to a huge parking area, surrounded by small...
A Swiss friend told us that folks here say when God made the Earth, he made Switzerland last and dumped everything he had left into it – all the leftover mountains, lakes, and glaciers – to create a portrait of...
Everyone who knows my mom knows that she’s perpetually late because she’s incapable of going from point A to Z. Instead, she stops at points B through Y in between. Even if her final destination is point B, she’ll still visit...
After several weeks of pretty spectacular sunny weather in our little Swiss valley, we knew our luck couldn’t hold out. But we were still bummed when the sun fled with the arrival of our weekend, bearing gloomy gray skies and rain....
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