🚡 This Email is Only Accessible by Cable Car | Bulletin #109

This week: back to the Land of Milk and Honey 🍯 and a call for submissions 📸

August 28, 2024

Patek Phillipe Museum📍 Geneva, Switzerland 📸 Marjorie Becker

How did the Swiss get so good at watchmaking? Well, way back in 1541, a reformist pastor named John Calvin came to have a little more power than your everyday holy man. When he became the head of the church in Geneva, his draconian measures were adopted by the city and opulences such as dancing, instruments, and jewelry were deemed unholy and forbidden. But there was one exception to the ban: watches. 

Not wanting to give up their craft, Swiss jewelry makers put all their efforts into making their watches the best of the best, and that still holds true to this day.

THIS WEEK IN AWA AWESOMENESS

🇨🇭 Visiting our old friend: Switzerland
📸 Submissions are open!
🚠 A hotel only accessible by cable car
👑 Lodging fit for a king (or two)

SWITZERLAND TAKE DEUX

We’re back! From dazzling hotels and mesmerizing mountainscapes to the cultural centers of Basel and Zurich, we mapped a brand new journey through even more amazing parts of the country. We’ve even mapped 50+ locations, stories, photos and videos in our Swiss Adventure Guide just for you.

In Case You Missed It

We’ve curated a few of our favorite stories and Adventure snippets from the smorgasbord of Swiss-ness that you may have miss-ness’d.

🎨 Making art speak
🖼️ How a group of friends made a museum
🛏️ The glory of Swiss Lodgings
🛹 AWA’s day in Basel

Hotel Kulm Pilatus📍 Pilatus, Switzerland 📸 Marjorie Becker

A HOTEL ABOVE THE CLOUDS

Where we're going, we don't need roads, nor do you have any…

So take your pick of cable car or the world’s steepest cogwheel railway if you plan to reach this incredible hotel nestled amongst the peaks of the Alps.

Grand Hôtel Les Trois Rois 📍 Basel, Switzerland 📸 Marjorie Becker

THE RHINE’S RADIANT RETREAT

In Basel, three is indeed a magic number…

Welcoming guests since 1681, you'll be sure to receive the royal treatment at this historic hotel fit for not only a king, but also some of the most famous figures of our time.

From the Community

📸 @aeberhardurs, @dominikgehl, @dave_dennenmoser, @accidentallymarcolino, & @yarosh.nikita_

SUBMISSIONS ARE ALWAYS OPEN!

This is your reminder that submissions for our Community Corner are always open! If you’re inspired to share, leave a message for us after the beep. ☎️

Our tiny team looks at every. single. submission. (Seriously!) So what are you waiting for?

Bonus points for photos and videos that have a doggo in them! 🐶

We’ll be saying farewell to our Shenzhen Exhibition on August 31st, so get your tickets ASAP!

Why hello, Seekers! We’ll be giving away some fabulous Stamp Stickers to this week’s grand prize winner. Of course, all 30 runner ups will be receiving an AWA sticker. So, what are you waiting for? Can you find the very secret Secret Link?