In love with Lucerne
by It is still bright and sunny when I head out for an early dinner at seven in the evening. My handy phone map shows the …
Tag: Switzerland
Friday photo: Lucerne
In a country that is dotted with blockbuster landscapes and picturesque cities, I found myself falling in love with Lucerne very easily and rapidly. Its …
Postcard pretty Appenzell
In a country that is littered with jaw-droppingly, breathtakingly beautiful natural scenery – just think Interlaken, Jungfraujoch and Zermatt – Appenzell stopped me short. No …
The Swiss Sound of Music
Matthias Ammann puts his hands into his pockets, smiles at us, and yodels effortlessly. Of course he would. He has been yodeling since the age …
High up in Heidiland
As I peel off a jacket and then a sweater on my hike up from Maienfeld village towards Heididorf, I am reminded of an initial …
Friday photo: Alphorning
A couple of weeks ago, I learned to play the alphorn in a small village in Switzerland. Okay, learned to play is way exaggerating what …