Trip to Paris: The City Of Romance

A trip to Paris was always on my agenda right from my childhood days. My fascination with France and Paris in particular was primarily due to it's reputation as the most cultural and romantic of all cities in world. It is also said to be the city of lovers…the most romantic place on earth, and French is the language of love. With so much love flowing around...

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Trip to Switzerland 3 - Returning via Bern, Zurich and Alps

This was the 4th day of our Swiss visit and our stay at Interlaken was over. We had planned to fly back home via Zurich itself but while returning to Zurich from Interlaken we decided to take a slightly different route and made a quick stopover at Berne, the capital of Switzerland. As you can see from this trip map on the right we had made a similar stopover...

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Trip to Switzerland 2 - Excursion from Interlaken to Jungfrau Summit - Top of Europe

This was day 2 of our Swiss trip and it was time to start our excursion to the Jungfrau summit from Interlaken. The Jungfrau is the third-highest mountain of the Bernese Alps after the nearby Finsteraarhorn and Aletschhorn, respectively 12 and 8 km away but from Lake Thun, and the greater part of the canton of Bern, it is the most conspicuous and the nearest of...

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Trip to Switzerland 1 - Excursion from Interlaken - Schilthorn and Piz Gloria

On day 1 of our Swiss stay we decided to cover Schilthorn which is a 2,970 meter high summit of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the valley of Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss canton of Bern. First of all we took a train from Interlaken OST to Lauterbrunnen which is a small village. These stations are connected by a narrow guage train and the train remains in...

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