Roadtripping With Gina
Switzerland
Switzerland, In My Opinion
It’s by far one of the cleanest and most beautiful places I’ve ever digitally explored, and the cities appear to be wonderfully diverse. But what stands out most about it to me is how rich everybody seems to be. The Swiss enjoy a standard of living that is ridiculously high. One we used to enjoy in the United States. You don’t see junk cars on the streets or miles of ramshackle housing like you do in Detroit. It’s just beautiful cities and quaint little villages that somehow manage to exist without destroying all the Nature around it. No greedy land developers looking to build on every cubic inch of land. Of course, that could be because so much of the land is mountainous, and absolutely breathtaking. Nature gives them no choice but to be judicious in their use of space, not just because it’s hard to build on but because it’s so freakishly beautiful. You’d have to be crazy to cover all this loveliness in condos. I’m giving you lots of opportunities to drive the mountains, which are just terrifying in size, but breathtaking to behold. You drive in summer or winter. Either one will have you sitting in bewildered awe at the majesty of Switzerland.
Exploring Switzerland
It would be easy to just let you hike the Alps. But that would be cheating you out of some of the real treasures of Switzerland. The cities and towns are so walkable, and there are so many of them! There’s Basel, Bern, Zermatt, Geneva, etc. And they’re ridiculously quaint. They look like something out of a fairytale storybook. Each one has its own unique flavor. I can’t speak to what the food is like, because you never hear anybody rave about Swiss restaurants. I’d imagine that like their language, it’s a nice mixture of German, French and Italian. But there’s so much eye candy to take in that I made sure to include lots of walking tours. There’s more to Switzerland than just Zürich. Take a stroll in these beautiful burgs and you’ll see what I mean.
Walk The Neighborhood
Move the mouse on top of the little gold man on the map. Hold down the left mouse button and you’ll see blue lines appear. Those lines are streets. Drag and drop the little man on top of the street you want and let go of the mouse button. The picture on the right will change to show you a view of that street along with the street name. Click the arrows on the street to “walk” around. Or you can double-click the street to walk if there’s an arrow under your cursor. Roll the middle mouse button to zoom in and out. That’s all there is to it. Now get out there and explore!