Destination: Switzerland

Attack of the Chicken Pox

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1612]

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, insurance claim, switzerland, travel insurance, true claim stories, world nomads

Now, that's what I call beginner's luck...

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1060]

I had just had a lesson on the Bunny Slope and thought I’d be daring and try it without my instructor the next day. Halfway through the day I fell and got all twisted up in my own skis! There was a huge gash in my right leg from my left ski, and I ... Read more >

Tags: insurance claim, skiing accident, stitches, travel insurance, true claim stories, world nomads

Gallery: Champagne

Mon, 8 Jun 2009 | By cheflajoie | Photo Gallery

Schweibenalp Center of Unity (ive)

Tue, 19 May 2009 | By ivan_miral | Views [3155]

I really love being at spiritual retreat centers. Over the last few years, they have been a respite from day-to-day preoccupations and high-speed pace. More importantly, they have provided a chance to more honestly look at myself ... Read more >

Week 2 Zurich & Freiburg

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [934] | Comments [1]

  Our week started with a flight from Berlin to Zurich. This was the one euro flight, plus all the taxes that Paul had waited for many months. Our hosts, Max Buechel, his wife Liselotte and daughter Ursula and her family were wonderful hosts. We toured ... Read more >

Gallery: Genebra

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 | By rodrigo_pereira | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Center of Unity Schweibenalp, Switzerland - Retreat center for all spiritual traditions

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 | By ivan_miral | Photo Gallery

Small fridges

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 | By juliewagener | Views [438]

The capital of Switzerland.   Bern is a beautiful city set on a river that curls its way close to the inner city.   Bern has a sad, but getting better, bear enclosure.   This may seem random but Bern means bear, so of course ... Read more >

St.Moritz,

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 | By tajah | Views [319]

snowboarding cordova

Gallery: Switzerland

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By brad_n_hay | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Switzerland

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 | By brad_n_hay | Photo Gallery

Gallery: switzerland in a camera phone

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By melly027 | Photo Gallery

December - l'Escalade, Switzerland

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [1613] | 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 largest ... Read more >

Tags: chocolate, switzerland, world festivals

celebration of the swiss box

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 | By melly027 | Views [1908]

there is nothing so clean as the swiss box no corners so perpendicular no pine boards quite so even with lacquer and no knots quite so ‘knotlike’ i love the cultural pragmatism and logic that is infused in swiss architecture simple geometries ... Read more >

Tags: architecture, mountains, rant, swiss

Gallery: Switzerland

Sat, 8 Nov 2008 | By eburguera | Photo Gallery