With a Local: Interlaken, Switzerland
"My favourite place is the place where I live, Beatenberg. There are lots of opportunities for hiking or to go skiing or biking. If you like nature and like to be outside it’s a very good place," says...
View ArticleSwiss food & culture tour of Interlaken, Switzerland
I learn that appreciating good chocolate should involve all of our senses. Even the sound of the snap is important. She lets me sniff organic cocoa beans, whose aroma is far more powerful than those...
View ArticleSwiss cuisine made with foraged herbs
Joël Quentin is the head chef at the Peppino restaurant in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, and a busy man when we meet midway through an evening during which I’m tasting his Alpine Garden menu. The...
View ArticleSummertime in Switzerland’s Canton Vaud
Looking across the Rhone Valley from the Swiss town of Villars and you’ll see seven jagged summits gnawing 3,257 metres into the sky. Ask a French-speaking local the name of peaks and you’ll be told...
View ArticlePaper cutting craft: decoupage in Switzerland
Scalpel in hand, I hestitate before making my incision. “That’s it, cut along the line you’ve drawn,” says Corinne Karnstädt, encouraging my first attempt at decoupage, the artform at which she excels....
View ArticleWinter in Switzerland’s Lake Geneva Region
My glasses fog as I feel the blast of warm air on entering the dining room. Before I’m able to see anything through the condensation I smell grilled cheese and hear the laughter of guests....
View ArticleJetboat Interlaken in Switzerland
Spray is kicking up from the surface of Lake Brienz in Switzerland. I'm combining sightseeing with an adrenalin burst during a trip jet boat tour with Jetboat Interlaken. The post Jetboat Interlaken in...
View ArticleSwiss cheese at La Maison de l’Etivaz
The traditional process of making L'Evitaz Swiss cheese would be familiar to cheesemakers living 500 years ago in the Alps. The post Swiss cheese at La Maison de l’Etivaz first appeared on Go Eat Do.
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