by skibum | Feb 20, 2023 | Europe, Harvey Falcon, Western Europe
The debate over which is the best city in Switzerland is officially over. It’s Bern, the de facto capital of Switzerland. Bern is located in the center of the country, a three hour train ride to every corner of this mountainous paradise. The old town is fairly small...
by skibum | Feb 2, 2023 | Europe, Harvey Falcon, Western Europe
Zurich, Switzerland is on the short list of my favorite cities in Europe (the other contenders include: Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Helsinki, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Athens, Lisbon, Salzburg, Budapest, Brasov, and Bruges – Moscow and Istanbul if you count those too)....
by skibum | Feb 2, 2023 | Europe, Harvey Falcon, Western Europe
Ever since my first visit to Zurich in 2015 I have maintained that the entire world would move to this paradise if it weren’t so goddamn expensive. On my two subsequent trips to Switzerland, there has been nothing to sway my mind off this take. I have since seen...
by skibum | Jan 28, 2023 | Eastern Europe, Europe, Harvey Falcon
I cannot tell you exactly why I became so fascinated with this beautiful town in the western hills of Czechia. The more research I did into it, the cooler it seemed. Karlovy Vary is the 22nd largest city in the Czech Republic (according to Wikipedia), a country with a...
by skibum | Jan 28, 2023 | Eastern Europe, Harvey Falcon
If you google “biggest festivals in the world” the results will yield four festivals that are not really music festivals. They’re one day events like Street Parade in Zurich every July or Summerfest in Milwaukee, USA. I have been to the latter and it...
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