Romandy, meaning the French-speaking part of Switzerland, extends over the west of the country, near France and reaching from the Lake of Geneva, or the Lac Léman, and the Alpine valley of the Rhône River towards the Jura range of mountains. Ticino is right on the other, eastern end of Switzerland, and is Italian-speaking. These regions have something in common: Romandy is as different from France as Ticino is from Italy. Both have their own distinct character to differentiate them from the places across the border where the same tongue is spoken. Geneva is somehow a world in itself anyway, in the more distant past a cradle of religious reformism lead by Jean Calvin, son of the city, in more recent times deeply rooted in the international financial business and diplomacy, compounded by the presence of UN headquarters. The villages and towns of the cantons of Vaud near the Lake and Valois in the Rhône Valley are a treasure of charm, not only for their well-known location in the middle of amazing lakeside and mountain landscapes, but also for the tangible remnants of their fascinating medieval history, first with the House of Savoy, then with a Germanic Bernese conquest, ending with their alliance and incorporation in the Helvetic Confederacy. I guess that prosperity and a safe haven feeling associated to the Helvetic Confederacy is also what has attracted the Italian-speaking communities around towns like Lugano and Locarno to join the league, leaving behind a history of trouble with conquering Milanese counts, popes and emperors. For us here, it boils down to a report anchored in a fascinating diversity of language, culture, religion, natural environment, and any other criterion that will possibly come to your mind while clicking your way around French and Italian-speaking Switzerland.