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One of the big appointments of Ben's trip to Switzerland was the visit to the BMW-Sauber headquarters in Hinwil, near Zurich. As a big fan of fast cars, Ben could enjoy the atmosphere of speed. After being received by the boss, Peter Sauber, we could have a look into the different departments and understand how much knowledge, technical quality and experience can be tucked into a F1 car. It was fa...
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On May 8, I am flying out of PDX for Europe. While I will be spending one week in Scotland, England, and France, the "real" reason I'm going is to meet my ancestral Lingg cousins. I say "ancestral" because we're distant. Pieter lives in Holland. He's my 5th cousin, once removed.
Our ancestors left Grossdietwil together soon after May 13, 1816, but his ancestor, Johannes Baptista Lingg...
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In the summer of 1998, I traveled in Europe with a friend for about two months. We were mainly in Switzerland but also spent some time in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Munich. Here are a few pictures from a trip to Switzerland back in 1988, mainly from the vicinity of the Matterhorn in Zermatt and on the Glacier Express.
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I am planning my first trip to Switzerland in August to see where my father grew up, Frutigen (Berne Canton). I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I only speak English and am traveling internationally for the first time with my 10-year-old son and hope for the best. I have many relatives there that I have never met and hope to make some really great connections. If anyone has ideas of what ...
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Well, I survived my first trip to Switzerland and am finally back on Pacific Coast Time here in Washington. What an experience!! I have to give a big THANK YOU to Swiss Roots for their Swiss Ping Pong experience.
This was my first trip and I was very concerned about getting around and knowing where to go and what to do. I applied for a host family through Swiss Roots and spent the first t...
