However, Greece has so much more. Situated in south-eastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas, it is referred to as the cradle of Western civilization. There are few people who are unaware of the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis of Athens, an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of which the most famous is the Parthenon.
Think of Heidi and Peter, yodelling, divine chocolate and precision watches – this sounds so mundane but this small country in the heart of Europe is so much more. A land of towering mountains, medieval quarters, and numerous lakes, Switzerland not only consists of picture book scenery, it also steeped in culture.
“We are Siamese if you please, we are Siamese if you don’t please” hence the quote since it was some years later that the South-east Asian country of Siam changed its name to Thailand, a jewel in the centre of the Indochina Peninsula, stretching down to the Gulf of Thailand and border by Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.