India, Aug. 18 -- It's mid-May, and the sky above Switzerland is wearing its Thursday best-porcelain blue with a few plump clouds drifting by like overfed alpine sheep. I pressed my face to the window of Swiss Air LX2140, watching everything get bigger as we began our descent, the morning sun making it all glow. Below, neat rows of red-roofed Swiss houses peeked out from under the cotton-candy clouds, the familiar white cross of the Swiss logo painted boldly on the wing. That familiar flutter stirred-the kind every traveller knows-returning to Switzerland always feels like reopening a well-loved book.

From Nap Plans To Adventure Breakfast at Marche (Photo Credit: Vaidehi Gite) I landed at 6:15 AM, with my onward flight to Valencia schedu...