Trips for Switzerland

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 …

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 …

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 …

So I officially started the planning process - a.k.a. moved on from the vague dream and started laying concreate details. Didn't make a lot of progress - (only had an hour lunch break, lol) - but found some promising sites to get me started …

Amsterdam was everything it was supposed to be and more, though I'm not sure if that's a compliment. I arrived in the early evening after a day long train ride from Chamonix through Paris. The mood in the air was upbeat, the canals were beautiful …

Dubai is indeed a 'Do and Buy' place to be with large shopping malls that you can really shop till you drop. However, I must say that getting around in Dubai is difficult without cabs which can cost a lot if you are on a budget trip. Luckily …

Today we left lovely Schaffhausen and came to Vevey via Winterthur and Lausanne. It's a pretty train ride from Lausanne to Vevey, along Lake Geneva. Our hotel's in Lally, just below Les Pléiades (1400m) so we had to take the cogwheel train up. Th …

While in the broadest sense mountaineering – reaching the summit of geographically prominent points -- has been around as long as mankind, the concept of “high-pointing” is relatively new. Starting in the early 1900’s, a few pioneers of high poin …

We're in Paris! First we took a plane from Tampere to Stockholm Arlanda, then we flew to Paris Charles de Gaulle. The airport in Paris was so HUGE! I was very happy that I didn't have to be there alone... We grabbed our backpacks and finally …

Day 1: Wednesday • Arrival in Switzerland Tour participants will fly from their nearest airport to Geneva, Switzerland.This tour is "land-only" but we are more than happy to arrange air from any US destination. Our hotel is centrally located and …