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Collection of 155 travel stories from Switzerland. Written by your friends on the road.

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Picture from story My Driving-Vacation  to Spulgen Pass

My Driving-Vacation to Spulgen Pass
2009-10-06, Spulgen Pass, Switzerland-Italy, Switzerland. By: andre

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 Al...

 
Picture from story open air party with friends

open air party with friends
2009-08-30, Winterthur, Switzerland. By: auinger

It was really a great bbq-party, thanks to all my friends.

 
Traveler farmers

gorgeous.
2009-08-14, Interlaken, Switzerland. By: farmers

after a 13 hour train ride and the sauna of a room that we were stuck in, i can truly say that the only thing keeping both derek and I from hating the train ride was just how absolutely gorgeous the c...

 
Picture from story Day trip up to the lake

Day trip up to the lake
2009-07-27, kandersteg, Switzerland. By: gisi

Day fourteen We woke up to our first properly warm sunny day without a cloud in the sky. We went first thing to the train station and managed to book the tickets for our Sleeper to Rome. It was 41 ...

 
Traveler gisi

Traveling to Switzerland
2009-07-26, kandersteg, Switzerland. By: gisi

Day thirteen We had a long lie in and left the hostel at about midday. It was easy to get to our station and easy to find our train. We tried to book our sleeper to Rome, but we couldn’t and were t...

 
Traveler acapps

Belagio, then onto Switzerland!
2009-07-27, Lugano, Switzerland. By: acapps

We got up and left at left at 7:45 this morning. We went back to Como and caught a boat. It took two hours to get there (it made a lot of stops), but it was beautiful! The Alps come right down to t...

 
Picture from story Ogling topless ladies while swimming-- Washing laundry while doing other ogling

Ogling topless ladies while swimming-- Washing laundry while doing other ogling
1991-07-06, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: aardvark

There were no "official" activities scheduled for today, so we were on our own. Some went on a cruise across Lake Geneva to visit the city of Geneva, also briefly crossing over into France. Me-- I did...

 
Picture from story 1991 Montreux Jazz Festival-- Our band performs

1991 Montreux Jazz Festival-- Our band performs
1991-07-05, Montreux, Switzerland. By: aardvark

Today was the big day-- The band had been invited to perform at the 1991 Montreux Jazz Festival. We took the short 15 mile drive southeast, along Lake Geneva, through Vevey, to the resort city of Mont...

 
Picture from story Topless beach!!-- Rehearsal in Fribourg-- Warmup performance in Lausanne

Topless beach!!-- Rehearsal in Fribourg-- Warmup performance in Lausanne
1991-07-04, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: aardvark

It was a hot and muggy morning in Fribourg, but since the band had not picked up their instruments in more than two days, they and I sweated away at rehearsal in a cramped room at the hostel. After th...

 
Picture from story We depart Munich and head through Austria for Switzerland

We depart Munich and head through Austria for Switzerland
1991-07-03, Fribourg, Switzerland. By: aardvark

We checked out of Hotel Maria in Munich, heading southwest, toward Austria and ultimately Switzerland. We had a lot of driving to do in one day. The highway took us through Kempten and we crossed ove...

 
Picture from story Summer Vacation 2008

Summer Vacation 2008
2008-08-31, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: crgoss

After I spent six weeks working with an American law firm in Moscow, I took Lena to Switzerland for about five days. We were based in Lausanne but took a day trip to Zermat. Here are some of the pictu...

 
Picture from story Switzerland - Geneve, Interlaken and Zurich

Switzerland - Geneve, Interlaken and Zurich
2008-10-04, Geneve, Switzerland. By: juchem

On April 1, 1957 the British news show Panorama broadcast a three-minute segment about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. The success of the crop was attributed both to an unusually m...

 
Traveler sloughj1

Hitting the road again....BICYCLING!!
2008-07-15, Bern, Switzerland. By: sloughj1

Family and friends, Wanted to send a quick update on where I’m at in the world and to let you know of the adventure that is ahead. I'm writing this quickly at 2am in the morning and have plans to g...

 
Traveler demeter

Hello from Switzerland!
2008-07-15, Bern, Switzerland. By: demeter

[b]Hello my Family and Friends![/b] It's been a while since I updated all of you! Hopefully some of you had a chance to watch my Mongolia video update on you tube. I have a NEW video of me eating "bal...

 
Picture from story So where the bloody hell are we?

So where the bloody hell are we?
2008-06-21, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. By: sherridan

Well we spent most of the past week camping in Paris. It’s not really a city you normally associate with camping, certainly not very ooh la lah! But the upside of staying at the Bois de Bologne was th...

 
Traveler ktmac

The final update of lecture phase.
2008-03-27, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac

Wow. These past two weeks have flown by in a messy mix of emotions and good times. I leave in less than 24hrs. I know I have slacked on the updates. These past two weeks have been insanely busy, a...

 
Picture from story Two days til India!!

Two days til India!!
2008-03-26, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj

I am so excited you guys! God has been so good to me...providing in so many ways!! These next few days are so crazy and busy...but good! I am just so stoked to leave tho...we have been practicing danc...

 
Traveler claireMJ

God is sooo good!
2008-03-21, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ

Thank you for all your prayers and financial support!!! Your love and generosity completely blew me away. The checks that were sent to my parents, the money pledge on the ywam lausanne website, every...

 
Traveler clairemj

The Play by Play of March 18th:)
2008-03-18, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj

HEY guys... Thanks so much for all your prayers and encouraging words. I want to thank everyone for all the checks that I have recieved. Words cant even explain how greatful I am and how blessed...

 
Traveler clairemj

17 Days Til Outreach
2008-03-11, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj

17 days until we leave for India. I can hardly believe it. I was thinking about it today, I got here end of November for staff training..and APRIL is NEXT MONTH!! Time has gone by so quickly, I ...

 
Traveler ktmac

Week #9
2008-03-09, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac

So I never even got last week’s update out. Any time I had time to sit down and write it I was too tired to work on it. I’ve got a cold now and I’m a little worn out. Friday night I went to bed at 7...

 
Traveler ktmac

Week #8
2008-03-02, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac

Wow. Week #8! This is flying! This week by far went the fastest of any so far! I could not believe when it was Friday. We had Peter Helms speaking to us on the word of God: the prophetic. And we...

 
Traveler claireMJ

Swiss Update/Prayer Requst
2008-03-03, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: claireMJ

Dear Family and Friends, January 3rd, 2008 I am so excited to write you. Things are incredible here in Switzerland. These past t...

 
Traveler clairemj

One-On-One's
2008-03-02, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj

As a staff, we each are assigned 3 students (in my case, 3 girls) that are my "One-on-one's" It's really awesome. Pretty much I meet with each of them each indivually for a couple hours each week a...

 
Traveler clairemj

Parent's Visit
2008-03-01, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: clairemj

Parent’s Visit: Last week has been so beautiful. Words cannot even begin to describe how amazing it was to have my parents come and visit me here in Lausanne. Anticipating the day they would arr...

 
Traveler ktmac

Week #7.....
2008-02-25, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac

Again, I’m kicking myself for not keeping a daily journal for myself; b/c here I’ve been for the last few days trying to debrief and thinking: what the heck happened this week? I know there was a lot...

 
Traveler ktmac

Things are starting to get hardcore (week 6)
2008-02-17, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac

Update #6 Right after I sent my last update I totally forgot to mention about Saturday night being Korean night! Oops! Half of the base here (which as I have mentioned before is comprised of thre...

 
Traveler ktmac

Sunny Switzerland (week 5)
2008-02-11, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac

I really need to be journaling for myself daily b/c I’m really afraid that I’ll be forgetting stuff as things are going so incredibly fast! Today week six commences! I cannot believe it!!!! We met...

 
Traveler ktmac

Time is flying (week 4)
2008-02-02, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac

Ywam Lausanne update #4 (I wrote this a few days ago). I meant to write this earlier as I am now heading into my 5th week here. Wow. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long b/c it most d...

 
Traveler ktmac

still alive and kicking (week 3)
2008-01-27, Lausanne, Switzerland. By: ktmac

I am doing well! I had a cold, but I killed it with vitamin C and sleep. We went to a different resort this week for TWO separate days of boarding and it was gloriously beautiful. Seriously, I beli...

 

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