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Looking for new adventures? We’ll get “charged up” on cookies and more at the Kambly Experience in Trubschachen, Switzerland! Coming to your PBS station this April!

A stunning evening view of Montebello and Sasso Corbaro from atop Castelgrande in lovely Bellinzona, Switzerland…see more of Bellinzona and catch all four episodes of Real Rail Adventures on the PBS Video App! Free to stream if you’re a member of your local station. Watch on your mobile phone, tablet, or smart TV

Our trip to the Favarger chocolate factory gave us some insight into the Geneva tradition of the Fête de l’Escalade. Families crush a chocolate cauldron filled with marzipan vegetables to commemorate the night of December 11, 1602, when a woman threw a pot of boiling soup on advancing soldiers of the Duke of Savoy, whose screams of pain alerted other Genevans, saving the city. Just before crushing the tasty treat, children yell, “Thus perishes the enemies of the republic.” But in French, which makes it more adorable, I guess…the chess set is 100% chocolate!

Our hike to the Tibetan Bridge near Bellinzona…what a day in Ticino!

Our hike to Liechtenstein’s Alpspitz, the cross erected on this peak in 1944 at the direction of Vaduz Chaplain, Martin Bamert. We first followed two-track roads up through alpine meadows filled with bell-wearing cows. Then, the trees gave way to windswept rock and views to Switzerland and Austria…stunning and a welcome workout

Found on a Geneva team seat…one way to solve the Rubik’s cube. Done!

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