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Andre Schwager
Jul 1, 20153 min read
Crescendo Time: Our Swiss Adventure
Friday, June 26, 2015 Today marks the last day and crescendo of our two-week trip. The day was split into two parts: the trip to Mount...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 30, 20152 min read
St. Anthony Delivers!
Thursday, June 25, 2015 First, the great news! Bucher Travel found Roselie’s camera and will deliver it to our hotel in Lucerne....
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Andre Schwager
Jun 29, 20152 min read
Gasthof Aescher on the Ebenalp
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Visiting and staying at the Gasthof Aescher was a corner-stone of planning our Swiss Trip. Today is the day!...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 29, 20152 min read
Yodeling in Appenzell
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 While the key driver behind visiting Appenzel was the church and hostel clinging to a granite mountain side, there...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 25, 20153 min read
Charming Lugano
Monday, June 22, 2015 Our guide met us this morning and gave us a short history of Lugano’s fascinating and rich history. As an aside,...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 24, 20153 min read
Swiss Pizza and Pasta – Here We Come!
Sunday, Jun 21, 2015 Today’s adventure was our journey from Suoz to Lugano, which is the largest city [but not the capital] of the...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 23, 20152 min read
The Swiss National Park
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015 The Swiss National Park (the only national park in Switzerland) is a natural preserve with a goal to protect the...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 22, 20152 min read
The Glacier Express: The Journey
Fri Jun 19, 2017 Today we boarded the Glacier Express for our much-anticipated journey from Zermatt to St. Moritz. St. Moritz is an...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 21, 20153 min read
Visiting a Glacier Paradise…Bbbrrrrrr!!!
Thursday, Jun 18, 2015 Today’s key adventure was to visit the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise. Using three different gondolas, we ascended...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 19, 20152 min read
Game Changing Experience
Wednesday, June 17, 2012 A new day and a cold mist covers Murren. We’re off early to catch trams, gondolas, and trains on our way to...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 18, 20152 min read
Gregory’s and Mitchell’s Klettersteig -007 Style
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 This was the first full day in Murren, and the weather was not cooperating. It was cloudy and rainy all day, but...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 16, 20152 min read
Travel Day – The Breakthrough!
Monday, June 15, 2015 Today marks the third day of our trip. Over the years of traveling, we found the third day to be the roughest. The...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 15, 20154 min read
Swiss Roots: A Day in Zurich
Sunday, June 14, 2015 Today was destined to be a whirlwind tour of Zurich. Despite a restless night adjusting to the new time zone, we...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 14, 20152 min read
Travel Day: Forward and Backward
Friday/Saturday June 12/13 201 Today we left the Bay Area and flew to Zurich via London on our British Airways ‘time capsule’. It...
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Andre Schwager
Jun 9, 20153 min read
2015 Schwiz: Planes, Trains, Chocolate and Cheese
Switzerland: Why are we going? A couple of years ago, Roselie and I decided we wanted to ‘gift’ an experience to our grandchildren. The...
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Andre Schwager
May 15, 20151 min read
The Finale: Last Days In Vietnam
May 14, 2015 Timing is everything – sometimes! We just saw the 2014 documentary: Last Days In Vietnam. It is a fitting conclusion to...
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Andre Schwager
Mar 23, 20151 min read
Follow-Up: Let the Water Flow!
March 23, 2015 This is a follow-up to the Water Pump project in the Cambodian village mentioned in my last posting. GOOD NEWS! It is up...
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Andre Schwager
Mar 14, 20155 min read
Reflections: Southeast Asia – A Crucible of Duality
Here are my thoughts: Cambodia is extremely poor with very little infrastructure or things that we would consider essential for a minimal...
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Andre Schwager
Feb 24, 20153 min read
Tạm biệt Vietnam
February 21, 2015 After landing last night, our taxi maneuvered its way through streets packed with people, scooters, and cars – all out...
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Andre Schwager
Feb 24, 20156 min read
A Jewel: Hoi An
February 19 and 20, 2015 When we originally planned this trip several months ago, we wanted to visit the infamous DMZ [Demilitarized...
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