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  • How to Compete in a Chili Cookoff? Vacation Rental of Course!
    Backyard Vacations | Destinations | Families & Groups | Food and Dining | Lodging | Travel Diaries

    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
    Cool Travel Gear | Parks & Outdoors | Weekly Column

    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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  • 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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  • Adventures and Misadventures on the Alpine hiking trails
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    Adventures and Misadventures on the Alpine hiking trails

    ByEileen Ogintz August 10, 2018July 14, 2021

    I feel as if Heidi is going to step out of one of the rustic alpine houses any minute. Farmers bring their cows and goats to the high Alpine meadows to graze all summer, making cheese

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  • Swiss hospitality – a kid’s perspective
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    Swiss hospitality – a kid’s perspective

    ByEileen Ogintz August 10, 2018July 14, 2021

    Our waiter at the Hotel Silberhornin Lauterbrunnen isn’t old enough to shave but he really knows his job. Noa Von Allmen, 12, is the son of the owners

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  • An outdoor adventure in Breckenridge
    Families & Groups | Destinations | Parks & Outdoors | Weekly Column

    An outdoor adventure in Breckenridge

    ByEileen Ogintz August 9, 2018October 3, 2023

    There has always been plenty to give families and their pets vacation bragging rights in Breckenridge, the historic mountain town and ski resort located about a 90-minute drive from Denver.

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  • On a hiking adventure in Switzerland – and getting here
    Destinations | Families & Groups | Getting There | Parks & Outdoors | Travel Diaries

    On a hiking adventure in Switzerland – and getting here

    ByEileen Ogintz August 6, 2018July 14, 2021

    We have opted to spend two weeks on a self-guided hiking trip arranged by Alpenwild, the largest tour operator offering walking, hiking and trekking tours in the Alps

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