by Robin Rodig |
October 14, 2012
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Oh. My. God. Like, the LV was like so...totally...bitchin'. And the waterfalls? Gnarly, for sure.
The Lauterbrunnen Valley, or Valley of the Waterfalls, was well, bitchin'. To be honest, any other adjective really won't do it justice anyway. Some of the most iconic Swiss scenes derive from here and I've been anxiously awaiting sinking my teeth into this area since before I left. In brief, it did not disappoint. In fact, it blew my expectations away.
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by Robin Rodig |
October 12, 2012
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Trotti biking is a great way for the ski areas to utilize their facilities (ski lifts, cable cars, mountain restaurants) in the warm weather. As with mountain biking or hiking where you can take a lift or cable car up the mountain in order to bike or hike down, you do the same with the trotti bikes that await you at the top. Except trotti bikes are much cooler (see pictures below).
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by Robin Rodig |
October 11, 2012
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I was really excited to check out the medieval town of Gruyere and its renowned cheese-making factory, La Maison du Gruyere (see pictures below). Maybe a little too excited as I polished off the three samples of cheese they gave me before the tour even started. We'll call it research. This factory produces the majority of cheese from the area for public consumption/export and their processes are pretty amazing. The town of Gruyere, with its towering castle hovering above its main cobblestone street and overlooking the pristine pastures, is picture perfect.
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