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October - Combat des Reines (Fight of the Queens), Switzerland

SWITZERLAND | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [101] | Video

Location: Martigny, Valais, Switzerland Dates: First week in October Level of Participation: 2 – watch the queens do battle Description: Switzerland’s Valais region is famous for its pistes ... Read more >

Tags: switzerland, world festivals, fight of the queens

Attack of the Chicken Pox

SWITZERLAND | Wed, 10 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [160]

My daughter and I were on vacation in Switzerland, and on our very last day there my daughter developed a fever and red spots early in the morning. As the number of spots rapidly increased, we had no choice but to take her to the hospital. After medical ... Read more >

Tags: chicken pox, true claim stories, insurance claim, travel insurance, world nomads, switzerland

December - Klausjagen (Chasing the Claus), Switzerland

SWITZERLAND | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [66] | Video

Location: Küssnacht, Switzerland Dates: 5 December Level of Participation: 5 – take revenge for all those years you didn’t get the present you asked for Description: Cast aside any preconceptions ... Read more >

Tags: klausjagen, world festivals, switzerland

December - l'Escalade, Switzerland

SWITZERLAND | Tue, 11 Nov 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [58] | Video

Location: Geneva, Switzerland Date: 11 December Level of Participation: 5 - festival…chocolate…happy days Description: If you want a decent excuse to eat chocolate before Christmas, Geneva has come up with it. At l’Escalade, the city’s ... Read more >

Tags: world festivals, switzerland, chocolate

November - Rabechilbi Turnip Festival, Switzerland

SWITZERLAND | Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [105]

Location: Richterswil, Switzerland Dates: Second Saturday in November Level of Participation: 1 – praise the queen of root vegetables Description: Apart from being used as a phallic plot device ... Read more >

Tags: switzerland, rabechilbi turnip festival, world festivals

Moving on - the buzz through Switzerland

FRANCE | Fri, 4 Jul 2008 | By tinka | Views [163]

Off again on our adventures - we once more battled with the elements when the time came to strike the camp; I don't think that that many tents (13 plus a single & two cook's tents) have ever been erected in such a short period of time - and I do ... Read more >

Tags: thunderstorm, switzerland, alps, snowfights

I love Basel

SWITZERLAND | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By queenofbums | Views [169] | Comments [3]

I guess I should update... I would rather with pictures, but I can't get them on-line just yet. Basel is wonderful.  But it's more a place to live, than to visit.  I'm not really into going to a whole lot of museums (or paying for them)... and I don't ... Read more >

Tags: basel, tinguely, switzerland

One Aneurysm and $73,000 later... !

SWITZERLAND | Wed, 7 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [528]

Expect the unexpected — and make sure you take out travel insurance! I have always been a healthy young woman and did not plan on ending up in hospital with a life-threatening condition while travelling in Switzerland. Without any prior symptoms or warning ... Read more >

Tags: claim, world nomads, injury, medical, switzerland, hospitals & health, true claim stories

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