Showing posts with label Switzerland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Switzerland. Show all posts

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Beautiful Bern: Switzerland in Spring

(Photo by Cheryl-Anne Millsap)

This time last year I was in Switzerland. One of the places I visited was the beautiful city of Bern. It was as if a fairytale city I'd imagined as a child had come to life. The narrow winding streets led from one lovely view to another. The Aare River curled through the city and green hills surround the beautiful valley.

As it happened, I was there on the day of the Grand Prix, the annual footrace that brings thousands of men, women and children to dash through the city.

Here in Spokane, we have something similar. Bloomsday fills the streets with people of all ages running and walking the 7 kilometer race. Just as so often happens in Spokane, the Bern Grand Prix was held on a day that turned rainy and cool. But the overcast skies simply highlighted the green lushness of the landscape.

In this month's Spokane Cd'A Woman magazine, I wrote about Bern and the similarity--at least the athletic similarity-- to Spokane. You can find that story here.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

On a Clear Zurich Day, You Can See Forever: Today's Travel Photo

(Photo by Cheryl-Anne Millsap)



Maybe it's living under the gray Inland Northwest skies so common in Spokane in January, but I've been daydreaming of beautiful Lake Zurich. I took this photo in May 2011, on a day so clear and bright the Alps looked close enough to reach out and touch.

This isn't just scenery to the Swiss. As soon as the weather warms they flock to the water. They live, play and work around it.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Early morning in Basel, Switzerland: Today's Travel Photo

(Photo by Cheryl-Anne Millsap. Rights reserved)


Blue-white morning sky, December 2010. This was taken early in the morning as our Rhine River Cruise ended in Basel, Switzerland.