swiss trip
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Oh, Mary, there are a zillion. Rapperswil is lovely, as is Stein am Rhein, but--assuming you're training--there's Lucerne and Regensburg, and Schaffhausen, and Rheinfelden, or maybe Basel or St. Gallen! I love Swiss trains. If you are driving, then ignore every place I've listed and follow a driver's advice instead. But, on second thought, if you're driving and the weather's nice, just spend your days heading in different directions -- you cannot go wrong. There's a "Phaidon Cultural Guide" on Switzerland. I say just head for the countryside and enjoy. (Of course, Bob Brown's Q about the time of year is probably a biggie. J.
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Mary---
If you are going by car, my favorite close-in places are (1) the entire circuit around Lake Lucerne; (2) Einsiedeln, with its incredible church; (3) Appenzell, the essence of country Switzerland, where they herd the cows right through the center of town returning from the meadows; (4) Baden, a lovely old town; (5) Lenzburg, with a very nice castle; (6) Regensberg, a preserved medieval village; (7) Neuhausen and the Rheinfall area, with quite a view over the waterfall; (8) Rapperswil; (9) and Stein am Rhein. Hope this helps; almost anywhere you go is good. A car gives you the utmost flexibility; without it, some of these places are in the too-hard category for a nice day trip.
If you are going by car, my favorite close-in places are (1) the entire circuit around Lake Lucerne; (2) Einsiedeln, with its incredible church; (3) Appenzell, the essence of country Switzerland, where they herd the cows right through the center of town returning from the meadows; (4) Baden, a lovely old town; (5) Lenzburg, with a very nice castle; (6) Regensberg, a preserved medieval village; (7) Neuhausen and the Rheinfall area, with quite a view over the waterfall; (8) Rapperswil; (9) and Stein am Rhein. Hope this helps; almost anywhere you go is good. A car gives you the utmost flexibility; without it, some of these places are in the too-hard category for a nice day trip.
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Good morning, Mary
Was impressed by the abbey at Einsideln.
Check www.einsideln.ch/ Abbey is about one hour by rail out of Zurich with one
change of trains. Richard of LaGrange Park, Il...
Was impressed by the abbey at Einsideln.
Check www.einsideln.ch/ Abbey is about one hour by rail out of Zurich with one
change of trains. Richard of LaGrange Park, Il...