The Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina: a Vanderbilt Legacy
George Washington Vanderbilt, grandson of steamship, railroad and shipping magnate Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, built a country retreat in Asheville that is the largest house in America
Read MoreAn Untours apartment stay in Meiringen, Switzerland
This was our second Untours apartment stay in Switzerland. This time we chose to stay in Meiringen, in the Swiss Heartland, an alpine and lakes region in the middle of Switzerland.
Read MoreInnsbruck, Capital of the Alps, and its holiday villages
Innsbruck, with a name meaning “bridge over the Inn River”, is a city renowned for its alpine scenery and recreation.
Read MoreViva la Grischa! : Allegra im Val Müstair, Switzerland!
In more remote mountain villages and hamlets, the language left behind by Roman conquerers lives on. That language is called Romansh and each region has its own dialect.
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