Switzerland Hotels

As a crossroads of the financial world, Zurich sort of lived in my imagination as a glamorous setting for international intrigue and mystery. I pictured bankers, spies and various chic people all drinking red wine together and plotting... um...something... against the backdrop of a gilded European metropolis. However when I arrived late Sunday afternoon in advance of my Travel Channel shoot, I found what appeared to be a sleepy little medieval village. The shops close early on Sundays, and there were few people out on the street. Welcome to Zurich: population 370,000. Much smaller than I ...

Have you ever felt that you have been called? It is the unexplainable calling from within you. If you try to explain this calling to your families and friends, they will think you have lost it. The Alps that span across Switzerland and Italy are not as colossal as the inspirational but deadly K-2 in Tibet. But once you witness the grandiose view before me, you too will hear that calling from within you. It was just after midnight and the full moon lit these vast valleys and the gigantic white capped mountains. I had both car windows fully opened. The fresh pristine Alpine spring air filled ...

I saw someone's posted travel plan and decided to create one of my own. I love to travel and the next destination on my list is that classic backpacking trip through Europe while I am still in my 20s. If it were possible I would spend a whole summer backpacking, however with the constraints of time and money I will probably only be able to take off for 15 days at most. For my first trip I would like to focus on the countries around the Mediterranean . Countries that are at the top of my must-see list: 1) ENGLAND : A good jumping off point. I went to London with my family when I graduated high ...