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A rainy day in the Swiss capital
I arrived at Zurich HB (the train station) just in time—the rain started pounding down right when I set foot in the station. This was the first time I took a train in Switzerland, and it certainly was...
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Gorgeous LUzern
This town was all for me, with the most perfect weather greeting me when I walked out the train station early Sunday morning. It was a pleasant change from the downpour in Bern the day before. The...
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Down and up St. Pierre Cathedral
Normally at a cathedral, you are allowed to go inside and perhaps climb to the very top of the tower for a panoramic view of whichever city it is in. However, at St. Pierre in Geneva (Figure 1), you...
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Day tripping to the Prime Meridian in Greenwich
This is a bit delayed… but I had a full day free on the weekend in London, and I decided to take a day trip to Greenwich to check out the town on the Thames River. And it started out … Continue reading →
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Day trip to Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is where the Queen stays on most weekends and impresses foreign dignitaries. Well, impress it does. Outside, it looks like a typical medieval castle to a non-historian, but the inside...
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