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  • Trips in Switzerland

    Christmas in Gruyères, medieval village, Switzerland

    CHRISTMAS market in Gruyères, a really small but cosy market in the beautiful medieval town. Apart from the castle and other old buildings, Gruyères is mainly known, all over the World, for the extraordinary fine cheese made here. This was also another good reason for us to visit Gruyères again. Most of the many restaurants are serving delicious cheese-fondue in all “stink-levels” 😉 , a…

  • Trips in Switzerland

    Fondue-dog

    Perhaps not World breaking news, but at the Christmas market in Basel it was surely new, and very popular; the fondue-dog. A crunchy, fresh bread, filled with a tasty fondue cheese, and perhaps a bit of roasted onions. If you like fondue, this will be a new treat to enjoy; bon appetit! Click on READ MORE to see the video 🙂  

  • Trips in Switzerland

    Christmas Market in Basel

    The CHRISTMAS market in Basel is open again. On Barfüsserplatz (-square), Münsterplatz, Claraplatz and in Rheingasse. The Christmas Market in Basel is one of the biggest, oldest and most beautiful in Switzerland. More than 170 stands are offering a variety of 1/2-meter hotdogs, glühwein, raclette cheese, beggeschmutz, chocolate covered fruit, roasted almonds, potato puffers…..and of course a lot of Christmas decorations and candles. The famous…

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    Top of Zürich

    UTO KULM, a 4 star hotel on top of Uetliberg, also called The Top of Zürich 🙂 was our goal this Friday. The area is car free, so we went by train from Zürich to Uetliberg, it takes just 20 minutes. After that there is a 6-700 meters walk to the hotel. The road and the top was covered by snow, many others walked the same direction,…