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Sat, 27 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 27 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [523]
Yesterday was my first full day in Basel, Switzerland. Like most places I have visited, I didn't know what was here. I knew there was a large arts festival. Simply because Arts Basel Miami is a giant arts festival in Miami held each winter. ... Read more >
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Sat, 27 Jun 2015 | By elsawerner | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 9 Jun 2015 | By gnome-san | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By untidyscrawls | Views [13893] | Comments [4] | Scholarship Entry
Mont Salève, like many things in Geneva, has a bit of an ongoing identity crisis over whether it is Swiss or French. Technically, the mountain, which sits just outside Swiss lines and casts its shadow on Geneva, belongs to France. But I couldn’t find ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lia | Views [302] | Scholarship Entry
It’s a privilege to travel with your mom. It’s even more of a privilege if you get to travel with her to the Swiss Alps, a place she’s wanted to see her entire life. Fast forward 30 years and while we had travelled, neither of us had yet made ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By sigourneystansfield | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
After the three hour train journey and a cable car ride through the Swiss mountains, there at the base of the mountain, and almost invisible in the snow, was the igloo we would be spending the night to celebrate my Mums birthday. There was no electricity ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By worldmapper | Views [147] | Scholarship Entry
Despite not being a market person, I adore Christmas Markets. I never tire walking around the stalls. Yet, one of the things I love the most about them is the food, sweets in particular. There, I’ve said it. Coming from an Italian family that worshipped ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By paulmalik | Views [542] | Scholarship Entry
It was an unexpected offer; I can say that at least. A party of powder junkies had struggled the previous evening to acclimatise to the breath-taking altitude one experiences in a place like Zermatt. Whether or not that is mountain code for "one-to-many" ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ishan | Views [176] | Scholarship Entry
I enjoying the glorious feast of Switzerland with my parents and this particular appetizer happened on Jungfrau. The shades of the lake of Lucerne were like I had never seen before. The experience was proving to be an elixir for my soul and I was still ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By sonjastreicher | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By christieyiu | Views [217] | Scholarship Entry
Around me people were muttering in annoyance and I began to feel uneasy. A hand reached around me, pulling down the handle attached to the doors, and half a dozen people dashed out before they had even fully opened, lugging their ski gear behind them.... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By kevinnye | Views [152] | Scholarship Entry
In travel and in life it is important to leave time for whimsy. One week after our engagement, my fiancee and I were walking to our hotel in Bellinzona, Switzerland when we saw a waterfall in the distance. After a brief discussion of how far away it was, ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By larissapeuckertcoleman | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
London is a great place to live, but it’s also big, noisy and thus, every once in a while, it’s a place which needs to be escaped from. My aunt owns a small house in Switzerland on a mountain called Rigi. When invited to use the vacant home, and her insistence ... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By carpen-diem | Views [227] | Scholarship Entry
Travel is overstimulating. Those on long-term wanderings suffer from such a barrage of sensation and excitement it can jade us within weeks. Anybody exploring on their own experiences a particularly acute version of this condition. Having just survived ... Read more >
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