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  1. And when you’re not drinking whisky, what else can you do in Valais?

    Blog: Chickstravelflicks - 2 June 2010

    Once again it may appear that all M. and I do is consume large amounts of alcohol when we go away for the weekend. So besides visiting Swhisky, what else can you do in the region of Ardon and where can you stay to get to it all? PLACE TO STAY: La Petite Cigale This [...] Related posts:P’Ardon?

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  2. P’Ardon? They make whisky in Switzerland?

    Blog: Chickstravelflicks - 31 May 2010

    Visitors associate Switzerland with whisky, about as easily as they would Italy with poppadums. But one small enterprise, is now putting Swiss whisky or ‘Swhisky’ on the international map.

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  3. Zermorgan’s Zermatt

    Blog: Away Together - 24 May 2010

    I’m sitting on my balcony of the Hotel Perren in Zermatt, Switzerland, listening to the church bells ringing out the day as the sun sets over the sheer 5000-foot cliffs to my right, which look like a crashing wave of rock and green pastureland clinging to roiling waters.

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  4. Kneipping in Switzerland

    Blog: Green Earth Guides ~ Traveling Naturally - 31 March 2010

    The health-conscious Swiss have embraced the water cure and health philosophy of German Priest Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897).  Kneipp (pronounced k-nipe) understood the connection between mind and body and promoted the use of medicinal herbs, exercise, a whole foods diet, a healthy mind, and his most enduring legacy –hydrotherapy. Kneipp’s book, My Water Cure, was published in 1886!

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  5. Wine drinking in Switzerland: How to win friends and influence people

    Blog: Chickstravelflicks - 1 February 2010

    The next time you visit Switzerland and decide to eat out, order a coca cola with a steak. I guarantee the following:  the waiter will 1) clear his throat 2) repeat the words “coca cola” in a manner that would make any Sesame Street character proud 3) proceed to write down the words, extra carefully, [...] Related posts:The Swiss way or the highway?   Swiss politics are usually a sure-fire cure for insomnia.

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