Switzerland

Do you remember the movie Heidi? Long ago there was a movie about a young orphan played by Shirley Temple named Heidi who was sent to live with her grandfather in the mountains of Switzerland. Way out in the Swiss countryside lies a fascinating region once you cross over the Ricken Pass, drive past the hills …

I left Italy and travelled northward arriving in Zurich, Switzerland; a largely intact medieval town adjacent to Lake Zurich and surrounded by the snow-capped Swiss Alps. When I arrived at the central station, I noticed the sleek feel to the huge station whose large openings to the outside allowed for the fresh mountain air to swill …