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Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre is a string of centuries-old seaside villages on the rugged Italian Riviera coastline. In each of the 5 towns, colorful houses and vineyards cling to steep terraces, harbours are filled with fishing boats and trattorias turn out seafood specialties along with the Liguria region’s famous sauce, pesto.
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Switzerland Unfiltered
Our summary of what we loved and "not so much" of our brief but expensive stint in Switzerland.
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Glacier 3000 & Vevey
The Swiss Riviera stretches from Lausanne to Montreux and encompasses the beautiful Lavaux vineyards perched on steep hills with a dramatic view of the lake and the Alps on the other side. Then you reach Vevey and its old town, passing La-Tour-de-Peilz before ending in Montreux.
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Montreux
Next stop in the land of stunning scenery is Montreux (without an "a") on Lake Geneva.
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Trümmelbach Falls
Loud thundering and roaring in the interior of the mountain, gurgling, foaming and churning water: these are the Trümmelbach Falls.
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Brienz & Lauterbrunnen
Lake Brienz is just north of the Alps. It has a length of ~14 kilometres, a width of 2.8 kilometres and a maximum depth of 260 metres. Its area is 29.8 square kilometres, and the surface is 564 metres above sea-level.
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Jungfraujoch
Jungfraujoch is a saddle in the Bernese Alps, connecting the two four-thousander peaks Jungfrau and Mönch, at an elevation of 3,466 metres above sea level.
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Lucerne
We've arrived in the land of Toblerone only to find to my horror that it is more expensive than it is back in Oz!! But then EVERYTHING is grossly expensive in Switzerland, hence why we're only spending 10 days here.
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Germany Unfiltered
Well, our three weeks in Germany has ended and what a great time we've had. If you haven't been to this part of the world, I highly recommend that you do.
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Bodensee
Lake Constance (known as Bodensee in German) is a 63km-long central European lake that borders Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Fed by the Rhine River and ringed by resort towns, it's a summer destination for sailing, windsurfing and swimming.
Tales of a Mother-Daughter Gap Year
