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  • How to Compete in a Chili Cookoff? Vacation Rental of Course!
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    How to Compete in a Chili Cookoff? Vacation Rental of Course!

    ByEileen Ogintz September 7, 2018July 9, 2021

    This is one of the best equipped rentals I’ve ever experienced not only with plenty of dishes, pots, pans and utensils but basic spices and even tin foil and zip lock bags.

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  • Taking the Kids — and meeting Swiss kids
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    Taking the Kids — and meeting Swiss kids

    ByEileen Ogintz September 6, 2018July 14, 2021

    “Kids should try the local food here,” says Noa Von Allmen, 12, who lives in the Swiss mountain town of Lauterbrunnen, considered the gateway to the famous Jungfrau mountain region

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  • Adventure hiking in the Swiss Alps
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    Adventure hiking in the Swiss Alps

    ByEileen Ogintz August 30, 2018July 14, 2021

    This is the start of a two-week, self-guided hiking trip arranged by Alpenwild for my husband, me and our two daughters — a rare time together now that the girls are grown

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  • Aspen’s Hotel Jerome: Historic, comfy, very pet-friendly!
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    Aspen’s Hotel Jerome: Historic, comfy, very pet-friendly!

    ByEileen Ogintz August 29, 2018July 14, 2021

    Horses trotted through the lobby when Aspen’s Hotel Jerome opened in 1889. Today there are just happy guests, many with their dogs who are treated like royalty

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  • Challenging kids to learn nature at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
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    Challenging kids to learn nature at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies

    ByEileen Ogintz August 29, 2018July 9, 2021

    At the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES), environmental educators including Denali Barron and Bowman Leigh think a grab bag of nature challenges can help kids engage with the outdoors—and get off their devices.

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  • Choosing the right gear for your next adventure
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    Choosing the right gear for your next adventure

    ByEileen Ogintz August 23, 2018July 5, 2021

    I just spent a few days at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, North America’s largest trade show in the outdoor industry, and perused all that’s new in outdoor gear

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  • Hiking Switzerland – Summer 2018 – Video
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    Hiking Switzerland – Summer 2018 – Video

    ByEileen Ogintz August 21, 2018July 14, 2021

    During our 10-hiking trip through Switzerland in August 2018, we took tons of great photos and short video clips with a Nikon D3400

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  • Last day in Switzerland – A ‘Sweet Tour’ of Zurich
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    Last day in Switzerland – A ‘Sweet Tour’ of Zurich

    ByEileen Ogintz August 20, 2018July 14, 2021

    It is interesting to consider that the Swiss have become so known for a product whose ingredients—cocoa and sugar—came from abroad

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  • Not an airport hotel – but only five minutes from the airport! Swisshotel Zurich
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    Not an airport hotel – but only five minutes from the airport! Swisshotel Zurich

    ByEileen Ogintz August 20, 2018July 14, 2021

    we are ensconced in the luxe 347-room Swissotel Zurich, across the street from a train station that is one stop from the main Zurich Station in one direction – and one stop from the airport in the other

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  • In Zurich, a vegetarian restaurant like no other
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    In Zurich, a vegetarian restaurant like no other

    ByEileen Ogintz August 20, 2018July 6, 2021

    The popular Haus Hiltl Zurich restaurant is run by the fourth generation of the Hiltl family and is open from morning until late evening

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