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La Gruyère! The charming small medieval town in Switzerland (La Gruyere in Pictures)
La Gruyère is a small romantic medieval town in the Canton of Friborg of Switzerland, known for its ancient castle, the HR Giger Museum and the best Swiss cheese and chocolate. The old part of the city was turned into a market square, all along with fascinating buildings and shops that retain their historic facades. Stroll down the street in Gruyères with a nostalgic feeling as it is a journey from the past to the future. At the entrance of the village, that is, at the beginning of the street, you are surrounded by houses dating back to the 15th centuries. Another landmark of the village of Gruyeres is the…
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Hit the road, Jack: 5 epic literary road trips that are not by Kerouac
Hit the road, Jack: 5 epic literary road trips that are not by Kerouac Unsplash/Juan Di Nella, CC BY Jessica Gildersleeve, University of Southern Queensland Summer is the time for holidays and travel. But as we weakly wave goodbye (we hope) to the horrors of 2020, international travel is off the table and even domestic travel is still restricted. A book is still your most faithful companion on summer journeys, even if that trip is limited to the journey between the kitchen and a sun lounge in the backyard. Curated here is a mix tape of great literary road trips. There is one oldie but goodie, some 21st-century hits and…
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Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed?
Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return — and will it be forever changed? RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA Joseph M. Cheer, Wakayama University; Colin Michael Hall, University of Canterbury, and Jarkko Saarinen, University of Oulu The COVID-19 pandemic brought the global tourism industry to a screeching halt in 2020. With vaccines starting to be rolled out, there is hope international travel can resume soon, but exactly when — and how — is the million-dollar question. Before COVID-19, there was much concern about whether tourism had grown too big for our planet. There were calls to scale back tourism, make it more environmentally sustainable and help over-touristed…
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Lucerne (Heart of Switzerland) in Pictures
Lucerne is a magnificent little city in the center of Switzerland, across the lake from Altdorf, where legend has it William Tell shot an apple off of his child’s head. Lucerne is a beautiful city to visit, and is an excellent base from which to investigate popular Swiss destinations, for example, the mountains Rigi, Pilatus, Titlis and the Rütli glade.
