• Switzerland
  • Gelmer Funicular and Lake Gelmersee – A day full of adventure and relaxation

    Last year, the Gelmerbahn (Gelmer Funicular) was super popular on all kinds of social media and considering it’s only open in the summer/autumn months, I decided to take it this year. What I can assure you of is that the ride is absolutely thrilling, and close to the summit station, there’s a gem for you […]

    Gelmer Funicular and Lake Gelmersee – A day full of adventure and relaxation was last modified: April 24th, 2024 by Dong
  • Switzerland
  • Follow the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes – Reichenbach Falls and Sherlock Holmes Museum

    For a really long time, I was fascinated by art including painting, sculpture, architecture and monuments so I traveled to Italy a lot. Recently, inspired by my friend who wanted to explore the area around the municipality of Meiringen, I decided to come back to nature. If you want to admire the genius of mankind, few […]

    Follow the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes – Reichenbach Falls and Sherlock Holmes Museum was last modified: June 9th, 2020 by Dong
  • Austria
  • Salzburg – the best viewpoints in and around the city

    As commented by the UNESCO, “the Salzburg skyline, against a backdrop of mountains, is characterized by its profusion of spires and domes, dominated by the fortress of Hohensalzburg. It contains a number of buildings, both secular and ecclesiastical, of very high quality from periods ranging from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century,” and […]

    Salzburg – the best viewpoints in and around the city was last modified: May 2nd, 2018 by Dong
  • Austria
  • Salzburg – Hohensalzburg Fortress & DomQuartier (including St. Peter’s Abbey)

    As the UNESCO comments: Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and artists before the city became even better known through the work of […]

    Salzburg – Hohensalzburg Fortress & DomQuartier (including St. Peter’s Abbey) was last modified: April 17th, 2018 by Dong
  • Switzerland
  • Monte San Giorgio and the Fossil museum – A sea of memories

    If you think fossils are just stones, then I’m afraid you have made a huge mistake. Fossils are books which tell us what happened millions of years ago. I guess through nothing else could people know what happened such  long time ago. Thanks to all the geologists and paleontologist who bring the past to the […]

    Monte San Giorgio and the Fossil museum – A sea of memories was last modified: August 7th, 2017 by Dong
  • Switzerland
  • Bellinzona, Ponte Tibetano Carasc & Moenera

    Hello everyone! Today I’m gonna introduce to you the capital of canton Ticino in Switzerland – Bellinzona. There are direct trains going there from Zürich HB and it takes only 2 hours 16 mins. 1. The city and its three castles The town lies east of the Ticino river, at the foot of the Alps. […]

    Bellinzona, Ponte Tibetano Carasc & Moenera was last modified: October 26th, 2016 by Dong
  • Switzerland
  • Montreux & Rochers de Naye

    Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my previous post, I went from Vevey to Montreux and from Montreux to Rochers de Naye by the highest railway in the canton, the Montreux–Glion–Rochers-de-Naye railway. If you haven’t heard of Montreux, I suggest you imagine it like Monaco. My friend Julia went there first and she told me that Montreux is […]

    Montreux & Rochers de Naye was last modified: September 27th, 2016 by Dong