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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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  • Rainy in Zermatt? No worries – plenty to see, do and eat!
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    Rainy in Zermatt? No worries – plenty to see, do and eat!

    ByEileen Ogintz August 20, 2018July 14, 2021

    The clouds are low again. We can’t see much and I’m wondering why we came—And then we come upon a flock of the grazing black-nosed sheep near the top of the funicular. Wonderful!

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  • What’s new at museums for families
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    What’s new at museums for families

    ByEileen Ogintz August 16, 2018July 10, 2021

    Whether you have an end-of-summer trip planned or just a few days before the school year gets into full swing, consider checking out a new museum exhibit or two

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  • In the Swiss Alps — a cafe to remember
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    In the Swiss Alps — a cafe to remember

    ByEileen Ogintz August 13, 2018July 14, 2021

    Café 3692 is named for the height (in meters) of the Wetterhorn Mountain, which looms over the town of Grindelwald along with the Eiger and other peaks in the Jungfrau

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  • Generations of family-run hotels and businesses in Switzerland
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    Generations of family-run hotels and businesses in Switzerland

    ByEileen Ogintz August 11, 2018October 17, 2023

    When the hotel first opened in 1899, she said, it was fewer than 10 rooms. Her grandmother was the youngest of the hotel founder’s 12 children

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  • Too much cheese in your fondue miss? No problem…
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    Too much cheese in your fondue miss? No problem…

    ByEileen Ogintz August 11, 2018July 17, 2021

    We are climbing along the base of the Mattenberg Mountain below the Grindelwald Glacier. It is beyond amazing

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  • Touristy at the Top of Europe? That’s Just Fine
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    Touristy at the Top of Europe? That’s Just Fine

    ByEileen Ogintz August 11, 2018July 14, 2021

    There is something to be said about being on equal ground with tourists from all over the world—China, Japan, India, Europe and North America.   

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