Tag: montreux
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Switzerland Day 4: Retrospection
The last full day in Montreux greeted us with another gloomy morning. However, the cloud eventually parted by early afternoon, offering a warm respite over the snowy Alps. I had a dream earlier that my boyfriend’s mother was asking us to go on a boat tour. I woke up telling him that. So it was…
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Switzerland Day 3: Old Montreux And Reunion at Monte Rosa
It was pouring rain as dawn slowly woke the town, gray clouds swirling the mountain top, the blue sea was green and dark, waves slightly rougher than the day before. Since rain came and went throughout the day, I tried not to make too many plans, allowing the weather to dictate what we would see…
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Switzerland Day 2: Château de Chillon
When I was a child, I was in an accident that rendered me bedridden for a good 4 months. It was the most boring experience time of my time. It was a time before internet surfing, cell phones, and my parents were much too poor to buy me a hand held device game (considering the…
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Switzerland Day 1: From Geneva to Montreux
Switzerland?! Now that’s a destination I don’t hear often. Why are you going? I suppose it’s with natural surprise that I get asked to explain why I am heading to such a destination. It’s not exactly the best season to attend with rain always being forecasted.
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Meet Me In Switzerland
Switzerland has never been on my list of countries to visit, since I don’t enjoy the cold. I prefer warm weather, old buildings, history and romance, or blazing sun on white sand beach with warm teal water. And since the country is in fact surrounded by the Alps, it didn’t seem like the most seasonable…