Friday, April 26, 2013

Paraphrase


Having the Alps right by its side is a hard standard to compare with for The Jura Mountains, as by Swiss standards it is barely considered as a mountain. Their revolving timbered marshland that goes on for about 225 miles alon the Swiss-French border northeast from Geneva and are softer than their Alpine in every way. 

Although the Jura has a shortness in amazing icy magnificence, it is balanced by a calm brightness that is available to anyone eager to wander between them: Not a hike, yet you can do that in the Jura, also, but a sweat-less walk on a well-marked course. A few years ago, on a warm day, my wife Heidi, and I acquired our young daughter on a seven-mile hike from Avenches to Murten, two villages close to the Jura slopes. The landscape was appropriate for us. The farmers’ route was stroller-friendly, and we roamed beside countless lands of flowering seeds, through muddy forests and besides to an 11th century chapel built from stones the Romans had cut. On the border dividing threes swiss cantons the languages mix like kirsch in a fondue: a rue melts into a strasse that ends at a table with brats and bières.



THE NEW YORK TIMES. “Europe, in 9 Walks”. April 19th 2013. April 24th 2013. 
< http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/travel/europe-in-9-walks.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>

1 comment:

  1. Your paraphrase starts well, but then you stopped after a few sentences...

    This sounds like a cool place, and I liked the rest of the article. It makes me want to travel!

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