Welcome!
Welcome to Square Lily Pad! My name is Karen and I live in Switzerland. I love the outdoors and this website is simply a place to share what I love.
Every post on Square Lily Pad is based on my own personal experience. Be it hiking, biking, or visiting a museum, each post provides my personal account of what it was like along with detailed information about how I did it so that you can learn about how to do it too.
Multi-Stage Trail Progress Tracker
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Bodensee Radweg
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Hike
Route 3 Alpine Panorama Trail
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Hike in Every Swiss Canton
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Completed Trails!
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Route 5 The Mittelland Route
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Route 2 Trans Swiss Trail
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Route 47 Zürich Zugerlander
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Route 67 Dreiland Wanderweg
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Route 84 Zürichsee Rundweg
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Latest Posts:
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Hiking the Alpine Panorama Trail – Stage 19 Guggisberg to Schwarzsee
Stage 19 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 16 km hike with 660 m ascent and 740 m descent that goes from Guggisberg to Schwarzsee.
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Hiking a Zug Cherry Blossom Tour – Menzingen to Zug
This cherry blossom hike in canton Zug is 13 km long with 293 m ascent and 678 m descent and goes from Menzingen to Zug.
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Hiking the Thurgauer Rebenweg Trail – Oberneunforn to Frauenfeld + Visit to Karthaus Ittingen
The Thurgauer Rebenweg Trail is 14 k long with 240 m ascent and 300 m descent and goes from Oberneunforn to Frauenfeld. We also stopped at the Karthaus Ittingen, a former monastery and art museum.
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Walking from the Ponti Luis Bridge in Porto to Salgueiros Beach, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal + Additional Recommendations
On a trip to Portugal, we walked along the Douro River and the Atlantic coast from the Ponti Luis Bridge in Porto to Salgueiros Beach, Vila Nova de Gaia for a total of 8 kilometers one way.
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Biking the Bodensee Radweg – Stage 5 Rorschach to Kreuzlingen
Stage 5 of the Bodensee Radweg is 38 km long with 190 m ascent/descent. This stage is entirely in Switzerland and starts at Rorschach and ends in Kreuzlingen.
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Biking the Bodensee Radweg – Stage 4 Lindau, Germany to Rorschach
Stage 4 of the Bodensee Radweg is 42 km long with 140 m ascent/descent and starts in Lindau, Germany, crosses through Austria, and ends in Rorschach, Switzerland.