Vignettes of the World
My Travel Journal
I love Vietnam. Being a child of Hong Kong, I grew up knowing just a few countries. There was Britain, which as a colonial power administered Hong Kong during my formative years. There was China, a motherland that scared most of Hong Kong people away …
It was time to say goodbye to the Dying Lion. I headed back and passed by the Hofkirche St Leodegar (The Church of St. Leodegar). The Church of St. Leodegar, the Catholic Foundation of Luzern St. Leodegar is Luzern’s patron saint. In the Chapel Bridge, …
Lunch at Heini It was time for lunch. As much as I looked forward to having some hot food, I was a little lost as to how to find the right food for the right price. All things in Switzerland were expensive, with the exception …
The Chapel Bridge took me south of the river, where my tour of Luzern began. The Jesuit Church stands prominently on the riverside. “The Jesuit Church of St. Francis Xavier was built 1666-73, but its onion domed twin towers were not completed until the 19th …
Luzern and Lucerne are one and the same city. Luzern is the way that its mostly German-speaking population refer to the city, whereas Lucerne is simply the French name and the general reference in English. For a couple days I kept debating what my next …
Book Review: Not Giving Up (Trans. Original in Korean, Translated into Chinese), 2017 By Bok Yi Choi The word Bon, in Hanja[1], is first, the character for “man” over a “cross,” then furthermore a “cross” below. Overall, it is an imagery of a man bearing …
“I have traversed all Rousseau’s ground…and am struck to a degree with the force & accuracy of his descriptions — & the beauty of their reality: Meillerie –Clarens — & Vevey — & the Château de Chillon are place of which I shall say little …
Gruyeres (pronounced gree-EYRE) is a town about an hour northeast of Lausanne. It is famous for its cheese, made at La Maison Du Gruyeres. Milk, the Essence of Great Cheese Every cheese starts with the cows that make the milk. The milk farmers of …
In German, “Jungfrau” means “virgin,” and “joch” means “pass.” The Jungfraujoch is a must-see in Switzerland. Named the “top of Europe,” it is at an altitude of 3,466 metres.[1] In order to maximize my time at the mountain, I woke at 5:15 and boarded the …
The street scenes of Bern left an everlasting impression on my mind. At first sight of Bern, I was surprised by its colors. The main color is a burnt green, consistently present in most of the sandstone buildings in the Altstadt. This burnt green is …