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Today my somewhere is Switzerland. It is definitely a place I would love to go to someday. Looking at pictures it feels like a whole different world with the alps and the other mountain ranges. Spectacular.

Switzerland has a reputation of neutrality and its melting pot of German, French, and Italian languages would certainly lend toward that reputation. There is a fourth language, Romansh, but it isn't nationally recognized.

Famous for their landscapes, chocolate, and knives Switzerland offers a lot more as our tour guide, Rick Steves, shows us.

But lest you think Rick doesn't give us views of the alps, here he takes us on his exploration of the Jungfrau Region.
 

Geneva

Interlaken

What's Switzerland's weather like? Is there always snow?!




Currency is the Franc.







I couldn't find videos about Swiss cuisine which I thought was a little odd. 
But I did come across this video about Swiss treats. 
 

Grindelwald 

Jungfraujoch is called the top of europe 


Lake Lucerne
Kandersteg



Lake Zurich



The Alphorn is a traditional Swiss musical instrument. Enjoy!

The Matterhorn

Montreux 
 

Does 'Swiss food' and 'Swiss cuisine' even exist, so to speak? It seems that yes, there are foods linked to the Swiss. Enhance your exploration of Switzerland today by trying one, or some, of these top Swiss food recipes. 

Mount Pilatus

Zurich













And you can't *travel* to Switzerland and not hear some yodeling!






 

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