My Switzerland Adventure

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My Switzerland Adventure

• Leah Bruce
• lcatbruce_at_gmail.com
• LIBR 500
• Foundations of Information Technology

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• What I took with me
• One school backpack and one daypack
• My mom, my sister, and our friend
• 2 weeks vacation time
• Itinerary I designed
• Readiness for ADVENTURE

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5 Cities

• Five Days

• Lucerne
• Interlaken
• Lausanne
• Montreux (Chateau
• de Chillon)
• Bern

Bern
Lausanne
Lucerne
Interlaken
Montreux
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I love the beauty of Lucerne

• The river running through the city

• The decorative bridges

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One of my favourite pictures. The Chapel Bridge
is in the background.
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City Squares
Painted Walls
Clock Towers
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Switzerland has quite a few castles. This one is
the Chateau de Chillon outside of Montreux.
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• It is easy to get around Switzerland!
• The pedestrian is given the right of way
• The pedestrian lights go from green, to yellow,
  to red
• I walked so much my feet hurt
• Switzerland is a small country
• The trains are so easy to use and are clean
• It is quick to get from one city to another

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Stunning views
From the train
From Hotel window in Interlaken
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• I love the food in Switzerland
• Chocolate
• whole aisles devoted to chocolate in the grocery
  stores
• they even have chocolate yogurt!
• Cheese
• Yogurt
• amazing texture and flavours
• my favourites were apricot and kiwi-banana
• French food
• I had the best croissants in Lausanne
• German food
• Italian food

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The Swiss are so friendly. Even though I dont
speak any German, and very little French, it was
no problem. Many tourist places speak some
English. I found this website to be very
useful. Click below for more information. http//
www.myswitzerland.com/en.cfm/home
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• Reasons why you should go to Switzerland
• The Swiss franc is just a bit lower than our
  dollar, and it is better
• than the Euro
• It is easy to get around
• Beautiful scenery
• Lots of activities
• A good feel of old Europe and new Europe

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Or maybe just go for the souvenirs!
Chocolates
Swiss Army Knifes
Swiss themed tourist trade
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Credits Slides 1 and 3 Microsoft Clipart.
January 25, 2008. Slides 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and
13 From my personal collection. Slide 11
Switzerland Tourism. January 25,
2008 lthttp//www.myswitzerland.com/en.cfm/homegt.