[gentle guitar music] >> male announcer: WELCOME TO TRAVELSCOPE, WITH JOSEPH ROSENDO, WHERE EACH WEEK, YOU JOIN US AS WE ACCEPT THE WORLD'S INVITATION TO VISIT.

>> Rosendo: TODAY ON TRAVELSCOPE, I GO IN SEARCH OF OUR SWISS ROOTS WHEN WE UNCOVER THE PAST AND CELEBRATE THE PRESENT WITH NEW FRIENDS AND RELATIONS.

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>> Rosendo: THE HUNT FOR MY WIFE, JULIE'S SWISS ROOTS BEGINS IN HER HOME OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, WHERE SHE USES THE SWISSROOTS WEBSITE TO BACKTRACK HER GRANDPARENTS' TRAIL FROM KOELLIKEN AND EBIKON, SWITZERLAND, THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND INTO THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO.

>> MY GRANDFATHER, FRIEDRICH KERN, AND GRANDMOTHER ROSE, WHOSE MAIDEN NAME WAS ARNET, CAME TO AMERICA SEPARATELY, EACH AT THE AGE OF 21.

>> [yodeling] >> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF MY SWISS HERITAGE, SO MUCH SO THAT WE EVEN INCLUDED THE SWISS ACCORDION AND ALPHORN INTO OUR WEDDING CELEBRATION.

SO IMAGINE HOW EXCITED I AM THAT MY FIRST TRIP TO SWITZERLAND IS TO MEET MY KERN RELATIVES, WHO, I DISCOVERED THROUGH THE SWISSROOTS WEBSITE, STILL LIVE IN KOELLIKEN, JUST 35 MILES NORTH OF LUCERNE.

>> Rosendo: KOELLIKEN, WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER.

>> LOOK AT THE COOL FLOWERS.

>> Rosendo: YOUR ANCESTRAL HOME.

>> FITTINGLY, WE MEET THEM AT THE KOELLIKEN VILLAGE MUSEUM, AN ANCIENT THATCHED STRAW HOUSE WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN COMMON IN THE AREA DURING MY GRANDFATHER'S TIME.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, VERY MUCH.

VIELE DANK.

>> Rosendo: SO THOMAS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO YOUR GRANDFATHER, IS HE?

>> LET ME FIGURE OUT THIS FAMILY TREE A LITTLE.

THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER, AND HIS PARENTS WERE JOHN KERN AND ANNA KYBURZ.

WHO IS THAT TO YOU?

>> THAT'S MY UHR GROSSVATER.

>> Rosendo: HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER, GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

THAT'S HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER.

>> IS JOHN KERN.

OKAY.

>> Rosendo: SO THAT'S YOUR GREAT-GRANDFATHER TOO, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> Rosendo: WELL, FABULOUS.

>> SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MAKES US.

>> Rosendo: THAT MAKES YOU COUSINS.

>> SOME KIND OF COUSIN, RIGHT?

VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> Rosendo: FABULOUS.

>> SO THIS IS MY FATHER, SO LET'S SEE THE RESEMBLANCE.

>> Rosendo: YES, CLOSE, VERY CLOSE, YES.

>> IS THE HOUSE THAT YOUR GRANDFATHER LIVED IN, IS THAT STILL HERE?

>> YES.

>> both: IT IS?

>> WELL, THAT'S THE HOUSE MY GRANDFATHER GREW UP IN.

OH, WOW, IT'S HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

IS IT CLOSE ENOUGH TO WALK?

>> 500 METERS.

>> Rosendo: 500 METERS.

WELL, WE CAN GO SEE IT.

[lively accordion music] ♪ ♪ >> THIS HOUSE?

REALLY?

>> Rosendo: WOW, THAT'S A NICE HOUSE.

>> WELL, HOW COOL.

I REALLY DIDN'T EXPECT TO FIND HIS HOUSE, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY PARENTS NEVER CAME AND TRACKED THIS DOWN.

>> Rosendo: NOW, THEY DID FIND YOUR MOTHER'S FAMILY'S HOUSE.

>> RIGHT, BECAUSE SHE STILL HAD RELATIVES THAT SHE KNEW.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY NEVER WENT AND FOUND ANY OF THE KERNS.

>> Rosendo: WHEN SOME PEOPLE LEFT THE OLD WORLD AND CAME TO THE NEW WORLD, SOMETIMES THE FAMILIES GOT COMPLETELY LOST.

>> OBVIOUSLY, BUT THERE'S ALL THESE KERNS RIGHT HERE THAT ARE DIRECT RELATIVES.

HOW COOL TO COME AND FIND THIS HOUSE AND FIND MY COUSINS.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

IT'S MORE THAN I EVER EXPECTED.

THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY.

MY KIDS DIDN'T MAKE IT.

>> Rosendo: NO.

>> OH, WELL.

>> Rosendo: BUT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE SWISS REUNION WITH YOUR KIDS LATER IN KOELLIKEN.

>> OKAY.

>> Rosendo: ELISE AND TRAVIS ARE ON A TOUR OF EUROPE, TRACING THE GERMAN SIDE OF THEIR HERITAGE, YET THEY'VE SAVED THE CLIMAX OF THEIR JOURNEY FOR THEIR FIRST VISIT TO SWITZERLAND AND TO JOIN US AS WE EXPLORE THE SWISS BRANCH OF THEIR FAMILY TREE.

>> WE MADE IT.

WE MADE IT.

>> Rosendo: HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?

>> FINALLY HERE.

>> Rosendo: YEAH.

>> HOW YOU DOING?

>> HELLO.

>> Rosendo: HOW HAS THE TRIP BEEN?

>> IT WAS SO GOOD.

>> HEY, JOSEPH.

GOOD TRIP, YEAH, DEFINITELY.

>> Rosendo: SIT DOWN.

WE'VE GOT THE WINE WARMED UP OR COOLED UP HERE FOR YOU.

>> IT'S A SWISS WINE.

>> Rosendo: YEAH, LOCAL SWISS WINE.

YOU GUYS HAD A GOOD TRIP?

>> VERY GOOD.

>> EXCELLENT TRIP.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE NOW.

>> Rosendo: WHAT DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER FROM YOUR SWISS CONNECTION, ANYTHING?

>> YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT.

WE HEARD A FEW STORIES ABOUT OUR GREAT-GRANDMOTHER PLAYING A HANDOERGELI, I GUESS IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.

>> I'VE EATEN LOTS OF CHEESE ALL MY LIFE.

[laughter] >> THEY DON'T REALLY REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER, BECAUSE SHE PASSED AWAY WHEN TRAVIS WAS JUST A YEAR AND A HALF.

>> Rosendo: OH, OKAY.

YOU KNOW, WHAT I FOUND WHEN I WAS INTRODUCED TO SOME OF MY CULTURAL THINGS: I WAS REALLY SURPRISED AT HOW I KIND OF STRUCK A CHORD, THOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW FROM WHERE.

>> WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.

WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT GERMANY BECAUSE WE'RE HALF GERMAN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT SWITZERLAND, SO THIS IS GONNA BE AN INTERESTING TRIP TO LEARN ABOUT SWITZERLAND.

>> I CAN ALREADY TELL I'LL BE PROUD TO BE FROM HERE, BECAUSE IT'S SO PRETTY.

>> Rosendo: YEAH.

IT'LL BE FUN.

GONNA BE FUN.

LET'S START WITH A SWISS INTRODUCTION.

>> WAIT.

WHAT DO THE SWISS SAY?

>> Rosendo: PROST.

>> PROST.

>> PROST.

♪ ♪ >> Rosendo: SO... [speaking Swiss] >> [speaking Swiss] GROWING UP, I WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY GRANDMOTHER.

AND ON THE SWISSROOTS WEBSITE, I TRACED HER ARNET ORIGINS TO THE TOWN OF EBIKON, IN THE LAKE LUCERNE REGION.

TO UNDERSTAND HER LIFE AND TIMES BETTER, WE START IN THE HISTORIC LAKESIDE CITY OF LUCERNE.

>> Rosendo: WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES HERE IN LUCERNE.

THIS IS KIND OF THE ICON OF LUCERNE.

>> MY GRANDPARENTS, I'M SURE, WALKED ON THIS BRIDGE.

HOW COOL TO THINK THAT THEY WALKED ON THAT.

>> COOL.

>> NOW, WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS BRIDGE?

IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO CUT MUCH TIME OFF JUST TO GO AROUND THIS LITTLE BODY OF WATER.

>> Rosendo: NO, IT'S NOT THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

>> NO.

>> Rosendo: IT WAS PART OF THE FORTIFICATION OF THE TOWN.

LATE 14TH CENTURY, THEY BUILT THE BRIDGE.

BEFORE THAT, THEY HAD THE TOWER ABOUT 100 YEARS BEFORE.

LUCERNE WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WAS A STRONGHOLD OF CATHOLICISM WHILE-- IN THE WARS RAGING BETWEEN PROTESTANTISM AND CATHOLICISM, LUCERNE STAYED CATHOLIC.

>> WHICH MAKES SENSE WITH MY GRANDMOTHER.

SHE ALWAYS TOLD ME THE MAIN REASON SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES WAS FOR WORK, BUT THEN SHE WOULD ADD IN THAT IT WAS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BECAUSE SHE WASN'T CATHOLIC, WHICH SEEMED WEIRD TO ME, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CATHOLIC COUNTRY.

BUT NOW THAT MAKES SENSE.

I'D LIKE TO WALK ON IT.

>> Rosendo: LET'S GO.

LET'S TAKE A WALK.

SINCE THE 17TH CENTURY, THEY HAD THESE BEAUTIFUL PANELS ON THE BRIDGE, WHICH WERE BASICALLY A WAY FOR THE MONKS TO TEACH THE PEOPLE, AND THEN-- >> BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T READ?

>> YEAH, 'CAUSE NOBODY READ BACK THEN.

>> Rosendo: YEAH, RIGHT, AND THEN IN 1993, THERE WAS A FIRE ON THE BRIDGE, AND THE WHOLE CENTER SECTION WAS BURNT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING THEM BACK.

THEY HAD MANY OF THEM STORED, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO REDECORATE THE BRIDGE AGAIN.

>> WOW.

>> COOL.

>> Rosendo: LUCERNE'S MARKET HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE MIDDLE AGES.

IT'S ON TUESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.

THE LARGEST ONE'S ON SATURDAY.

THERE'S ALL SORTS OF GOODS THAT COME FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE FARMERS BRING IN, AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO MEET THE PEOPLE.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE OF ALL THE CHEESES YOU'VE HAD, TRAVIS?

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED.

I JUST GET PLATES WITH A LOT OF CHEESE ON IT, AND I LIKE IT ALL.

>> Rosendo: YEAH, EXACTLY.

WHAT'S THE MOST SWISS THING THAT'S HERE?

>> THE BERRIES, MAYBE?

>> Rosendo: OOH, THEY LOOK GOOD.

WE GOT BLACKBERRIES AND BLUEBERRIES.

OH, MY GOSH.

THEY'RE WONDERFUL.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SETTINGS I'VE EVER SEEN FOR A MARKETPLACE.

>> IT'S AMAZING.

I GET DISTRACTED FROM FOOD, AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.

>> [speaking Swiss German] >> HELLO?

>> HELLO.

>> WHAT'S IN THESE BIG GLASS THINGS OVER HERE?

>> APPLE JUICE.

>> APPLE JUICE.

>> YEAH.

>> DO YOU MAKE THIS YOURSELF?

>> YEAH, I MADE IT YESTERDAY.

>> Rosendo: WHAT ARE YOU FINDING?

WHAT DID YOU GET?

>> APPLE JUICE.

>> THE MOST ARE APPLE INSIDE AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO KILO PEARS.

>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE FRESHEST APPLE JUICE I'VE EVER HAD.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

>> EBIKON.

>> EBIKON.

OKAY, MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER IS ACTUALLY FROM EBIKON.

THAT'S WHY WE CAME TO SWITZERLAND WAS TO TRACK DOWN OUR DISTANT RELATIVES.

>> REALLY?

>> YEAH, YEAH, SO WE COULD BE RELATED IN SOME STRANGE WAY.

HEY, MOM, COME OVER HERE.

SHE'S FROM EBIKON.

>> WHAT?

>> YEAH, SHE'S FROM EBIKON.

>> HELLO.

>> IT'S MY GRANDMOTHER THAT'S FROM EBIKON.

>> SHE IS FROM EBIKON?

>> SHE WAS.

SHE'S AN ARNET?

>> ARNET.

DO YOU HAVE RELATIONS THERE?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW.

>> IT'S NOT A SMALL TOWN ANYMORE?

>> NO, IT'S AROUND 13,000 PEOPLE IN EBIKON.

>> WELL, I'M JULIE.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

URSULA.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> Rosendo: AND I'M JOSEPH.

VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> Rosendo: DANKE, VIELE DANK.

>> VIELEN DANK.

>> Rosendo: EVERY SLEUTH NEEDS A BIT OF LUCK, AND AT THE LUCERNE MARKET, WE GOT AN UNEXPECTED TASTE OF THE ARNET FAMILY TRAIL.

BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE SEARCH, WE SAMPLE MORE OF LUCERNE'S ATTRACTIONS BY VISITING ONE OF THE TOWN'S GREATEST TREASURES: THE ROSENGART MUSEUM AND THEIR PICASSO COLLECTION.

I'M WITH ANGELA ROSENGART, AND WE'RE IN FRONT OF A LITHOGRAPH OF YOU DONE BY PICASSO.

WHAT WAS HE LIKE?

>> WOW.

WHEN YOU WERE IN A ROOM WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND HE WAS THERE, YOU DIDN'T SEE THE OTHER PEOPLE ANYMORE.

IT WAS LIKE RAYS... EMANATING FROM HIM.

HIS PRESENCE WAS SO STRONG.

>> Rosendo: WHAT WAS IT LIKE SITTING FOR HIM, THEN?

>> THAT WAS HARD, BECAUSE HE WANTED ME TO SIT STILL, NOT TALK, NOT MOVE, AND JUST BEAR THESE HORRIBLE EYES.

THEY ARE GOING THROUGH YOU LIKE ARROWS.

>> Rosendo: OH, MY GOSH.

>> AND I HAD THE FEELING HE WAS EATING ME WITH HIS EYES.

WHEN THE PORTRAITS WERE FINISHED, I ALWAYS FELT, LIKE, BURNED UP.

>> Rosendo: OH, WOW.

DID HE GIVE THEM TO YOU AT THAT TIME?

>> YES, YES, YES.

THEY ARE ALL DEDICATED TO ME, "POUR ANGELA."

EVERY ONE WAS A GIFT.

>> Rosendo: NOW, YOUR FATHER WAS AN ART DEALER HERE IN LUCERNE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

>> YES, SINCE 1920.

>> Rosendo: YOU STARTED PRETTY YOUNG YOURSELF.

>> YES, I DID.

I DID.

>> Rosendo: IT'S A PLEASURE TO WALK AROUND AND LOOK AT THE WORKS FROM PICASSO PARTICULARLY, BECAUSE A LOT OF MY FAVORITES ARE HERE.

>> WELL, I HAVE 200 FAVORITES.

YEAH.

EACH TIME, EACH DAY IS A DIFFERENT ONE.

>> Rosendo: REALLY?

>> BECAUSE EVERY ONE HAS A STORY FOR ME, AND EVERY ONE IS CHOSEN WITH MY HEART.

SO FOR ME, THEY ARE ALIVE.

ALL THESE PICTURES HAVE BEEN AT MY HOME, AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THEM, ME ALONE HAD PLEASURE.

AND NOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS WHO HAVE PLEASURE AND ME TOO, SO IT'S THE IDEAL SOLUTION.

>> Rosendo: WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[boat horn blows] >> Rosendo: ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MUST DO WHEN YOU COME TO THE LUCERNE REGION IS TAKE A CRUISE OF THE LAKE.

WE CALL IT LAKE LUCERNE.

THE GERMAN SWISS CALL IT THE VIERWALDSTATTERSEE, WHICH MEANS THE LAKE OF THE FOUR FOREST CANTONS.

IT WAS ALONGSIDE THIS LAKE IN RUTLI MEADOW IN 1291 THAT THE FIRST ALLIANCE WAS FORMED THAT ULTIMATELY BECAME THE SWITZERLAND THAT WE KNOW TODAY.

BY TAKING A BOAT FROM LAKE LUCERNE, IN COMFORT, YOU CAN ENJOY THE EVER-CHANGING SCENERY AND REACH BACK INTO SWITZERLAND'S HISTORY.

>> THE ROAD TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S PAST TAKES A MUSICAL TURN IN SCHWYZ WHEN WE UNCOVER THE ONLY MAN IN SWITZERLAND WHO MAKES THE SCHWYZERORGELI, ONE OF THE FEW MEMENTOS OF HOME MY GRANDMOTHER BROUGHT WITH HER TO AMERICA IN 1910.

SOME OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES ARE OF HER PLAYING THE SWISS ACCORDION.

JULIE.

MY GRANDMOTHER PLAYED ONE OF THESE.

YEAH.

>> [speaking Swiss German] ♪ ♪ >> Rosendo: DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WAS INSIDE OF THAT THING YOUR GRANDMOTHER USED TO PLAY?

DID SHE EVER TRY TO GET YOU TO PLAY IT?

>> OH, ALWAYS.

>> DID YOU EVER PLAY IT?

>> POORLY.

♪ ♪ >> AMAZING HOW HE'S TUNING THIS.

HE'S JUST SCRAPING LITTLE PIECES OFF.

>> YOU'RE DOING THAT ALL BY EAR?

>> Rosendo: YEAH, BY HIS EAR.

YEAH.

>> WOW.

YOU'VE DONE THIS FOR 45 YEARS?

>> TODAY.

>> Rosendo: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Rosendo: 47 YEARS TODAY.

♪ ♪ DOES THAT BRING BACK MEMORIES, THAT SOUND?

>> MM-HMM.

♪ ♪ >> Rosendo: AH, VERY GOOD, YEAH.

>> VERY GOOD.

>> Rosendo: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> VIELE DANK.

>> YEAH, VIELE DANK.

>> LIKE THIS, JA.

>> THAT ONE?

AND THAT ONE OR THAT ONE?

>> WHAT ABOUT THIS?

[plays discordantly] >> Rosendo: MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE CUBAN HERE.

LET'S GET A LITTLE SALSA BEAT GOING.

>> JUST LIKE THAT?

HERE AND HERE.

>> HERE.

>> OOH, THAT'S KIND OF CLOSE TOGETHER, HUH?

♪ ♪ OH, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> [laughs] [playing oompah-pah rhythm] ♪ ♪ JA.

>> [playing discordantly] >> Rosendo: THE COORDINATION ON THIS IS REALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

>> I THINK I'VE KILLED ENOUGH CATS AT THIS POINT.

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

>> WE CAN PRETEND.

>> JA.

[light applause] >> [playing lively tune] ♪ ♪ [both vocalizing] ♪ ♪ [singing in Swiss] ♪ ♪ >> Rosendo: WITH THE SOUNDS OF THE SCHWYZERORGELI RINGING IN OUR EARS AND THE BITTERSWEET JOY OF REMEMBRANCE FILLING OUR HEARTS, WE TRAVEL TO EBIKON TO DISCOVER WHAT TRACES REMAIN OF THE TOWN AND LIFE GRANDMOTHER ROSE WOULD HAVE KNOWN.

>> WELL, I THINK MY GRANDMOTHER CERTAINLY WOULD RECOGNIZE LUCERNE, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'D RECOGNIZE EBIKON ANYMORE.

>> Rosendo: IT'S REALLY CHANGED, EH, IN, WHAT, 100 YEARS?

>> YEAH.

AS THE TRAIN GOES BY.

>> Rosendo: YEAH.

WELL, IT'S BECOME A BEDROOM COMMUNITY TO LUCERNE AND QUITE INDUSTRIAL.

THESE FEW BUILDINGS HERE SEEM TO BE THE LAST REMNANTS OF MAYBE THE OLD TOWN THAT USED TO BE HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> Rosendo: CAN YOU KIND OF SQUINT YOUR EYES AND KIND OF IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TO LIVE HERE IN HER DAY?

>> I'M SURE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT SHE HAD TO LEAVE TO WORK, TO EAT, AND I KNOW SHE MISSED SWITZERLAND ALWAYS.

SHE OBVIOUSLY TOOK A LOT OF SWITZERLAND WITH HER.

HER HOUSE IN OREGON HAD EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN HERE.

SHE EVEN BROUGHT HER HANDOERGELI WITH HER.

>> Rosendo: YEAH, WELL, WE GOT TO PLAY A LITTLE OF THAT.

>> YEAH.

>> Rosendo: SOUNDS TO ME LIKE SHE TRIED TO SHARE SWITZERLAND WITH YOU, IN A WAY.

>> ABSOLUTELY, SHE DID.

>> Rosendo: SO IT'S COOL.

IT'S COOL THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO COME BACK, YEAH.

>> MY GRANDMOTHER'S EBIKON HAS BEEN GONE FOR SO LONG, IT'S ALMOST A DREAM.

YET WHEN WE COME ACROSS THE GRAVE OF HER BROTHER ANTON, IT DRIVES HOME THE REALITY THAT MY FAMILY ROOTS RUN LONG AND DEEP.

NOT ALL OF THE ARNET CONNECTIONS HAVE VANISHED.

BEFORE THEY RETURN TO LOS ANGELES, ELISE AND TRAVIS JOIN US AT THE HOME OF OUR LONG-LOST COUSIN NELLY, WHERE WE SHARE A SWISS FONDUE AND FAMILY PHOTOS AND FILL IN THE BLANKS IN OUR COMMON LINEAGE.

>> Rosendo: ALTHOUGH THE SEARCH FOR FAMILY HAS ENDED, WE CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE JULIE'S HERITAGE BY TAKING THE STEEPEST COG TRAIN IN THE WORLD FROM THE SHORES OF LAKE LUCERNE TO THE 7,000-FOOT HEIGHTS OF MOUNT PILATUS AND SOME TYPICALLY SWISS ADVENTURES.

[lively accordion music] ♪ ♪ >> TONI?

>> Rosendo: HA.

>> HOW ARE YOU?

[Rosendo speaking Swiss-German] >> COME IN.

>> Rosendo: CHEESE IS COOKIN'.

>> SO WHAT HE DID: FIRST HE PUT MILK IN THERE, AND HE HEATS THE MILK UP TO 32 DEGREES.

AFTER THAT, HE PUTS CERTAIN CULTURE IN THERE, PLUS HE PUTS LOP, SOME LEFTOVERS OF THE MILK, IN THERE.

AND THEN IT STARTS SLOWLY TO GET HARD, AND AFTERWARDS, HE'S GOING TO PRESS THIS AND THE OTHER THINGS TOGETHER.

>> Rosendo: HOW MUCH MILK WILL FIT IN THAT BIG CAULDRON?

>> WE FILL IT, THE MILK-- >> [speaking Swiss-German] >> THIS IS 290 LITERS OF MILK, AND 11 LITERS OF MILK GIVES 1 KILO OF CHEESE.

>> [laughing] >> COMING NOW IN HIS LITTLE SECRET KITCHEN.

IT'S ALL HIS SELF-BURNT SCHNAPPS, HUH?

IT'S FOR SURVIVAL IF IT'S GETTING REALLY COLD.

>> Rosendo: IS THAT THE SECRET INGREDIENT?

>> SHH.

AND THEN BEHIND THERE, YOU SEE A LITTLE FRIDGE, AND THERE IS SOME COUPLE OF GOOD CHEESES IN THERE.

>> Rosendo: HIS PERSONAL STASH?

>> SO THAT MUST BE THE BEST ONES ANYWAY.

BUT LET'S GO OUT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF HE WANTS US TO BE IN HERE.

COME.

>> OH, LOOK.

>> Rosendo: HOLDS ONE END OF THE CLOTH IN HIS MOUTH.

HE'S GOING CHEESE DIVING.

>> IT'S A NEW, SPECIAL ALPINE SPORT, CHEESE DIVING.

YOU WANT TO TRY IT?

>> Rosendo: NO, HE'S THE EXPERT.

>> SO WAS THAT REALLY WATER, OR THAT'S MILK?

>> Rosendo: IT WAS MILK, BUT IT'S SEPARATED NOW.

THERE HE GOES.

WHOA.

>> HE IS KEEPING THIS HERE FOR ABOUT ONE DAY, AND HE HAS TO TURN THIS CHEESE ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT TIMES IN THIS DAY.

HOW ABOUT SOME COFFEE?

>> Rosendo: ALL RIGHT.

>> HUH?

>> Rosendo: IS THAT HIS COFFEE?

>> YEAH.

>> Rosendo: ALL RIGHT.

SOME OF THE CHEESE.

>> SPECIAL BAKING CHEESE.

>> BUT HE MADE THIS CHEESE.

>> YES.

>> Rosendo: SO HE'S GONNA PUT THAT ON THE FIRE AND MELT IT?

THIS IS THE OLD WAY THEY MADE REKLAM.

>> MMM.

>> Rosendo: THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

>> THAT'S VERY GOOD.

>> Rosendo: DANKE, DANKE.

VIELEN DANK.

>> TONI, DO YOU EAT A LOT OF CHEESE?

>> Rosendo: WHAT DO YOU THINK?

[laughter] THOUGHT THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST, STRANGEST QUESTION THAT ANYONE HAS EVER ASKED HIM.

FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLEX, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SWISS DISHES THAT COULD MAKE USE OF TONI'S CHEESE.

>> PROST.

>> Rosendo: PROST.

THE MOUNT PILATUS CULINARY TEAM ATTEMPTS TO USE ITS DUBIOUS TALENTS TO CREATE ONE OF THE CLASSICS: ALPEN MACARONI.

>> ALPEN MACARONI.

SO THE INGREDIENTS: GARLIC... >> Rosendo: GARLIC.

>> ONION... >> Rosendo: ONION.

>> POTATO.

WE WILL HAVE SOME CREAM.

WE WILL HAVE SOME CHEESE.

>> Rosendo: LET'S GET STARTED.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

>> OKAY, SO START TO CUT THE GARLIC.

MAKE NICE LITTLE PIECES.

AND, JOSEPH, YOU WILL START THE ONION.

I WANT THEM IN RINGS.

>> Rosendo: OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT?

MARCO, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER KNIFE, A BIGGER ONE FOR THE GARLIC?

>> OH.

>> Rosendo: SEE HOW YOU CUT GARLIC?

MARCO, THE CHEF DE CUISINE.

>> BORROW HIM QUICKLY.

>> Rosendo: YEAH, YEAH, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, MARCO.

>> FINELY CHOPPED.

>> Rosendo: DANKE.

NEVER TOO MUCH GARLIC, RIGHT, COLETTE?

>> THAT'S FINE.

OH, ARE YOU CRYING?

>> Rosendo: NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> YEAH, EVERYTHING FINE?

ARE YOU GETTING A BIT EMOTIONAL?

>> Rosendo: I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

>> Rosendo: OKAY, SO NOW WANT ME TO GET THAT?

>> OKAY, WE HAVE TO OPEN THIS.

>> WAIT.

WAIT.

SOMEBODY TOOK MY WINE.

>> Rosendo: DID YOU STEAL HER WINE, MARCO?

>> I GOT IT.

I GOT IT.

>> OH, LOOK AT THEM, SO MEAN.

>> Rosendo: JULIE, YOU WANT TO GRAB A COUPLE OF HANDFULS OF PASTA?

>> ALL RIGHT?

THIS WILL TAKE ABOUT TEN MINUTES TO BOIL IT.

COMES FROM THE ALPINE FARMERS, ACTUALLY.

PASTA WILL NOT GO BAD.

POTATOES, YOU CAN KEEP QUITE LONG.

ONIONS, YOU CAN KEEP.

THE GARLIC, YOU CAN KEEP.

AND THEN THE CREAM AND THE CHEESE, YOU HAVE RIGHT FROM YOUR COWS AND ALL THAT, SO THAT'S HOW THIS DISH HAS BEEN INVENTED.

>> Rosendo: WELL, WE GOT EVERYTHING GOING.

HERE'S TO A HAPPY CREATION HERE?

LET'S SEE WHAT WE END UP WITH.

>> HERE YOU ARE, CHEF.

IT'S A NEW RECIPE, RIGHT?

>> Rosendo: SEE WHAT IS IT.

AH, WE GOT THE NOD OF APPROVAL.

>> YES.

THAT'S MY HOUSE RECIPE, YOU KNOW?

>> Rosendo: VERY GOOD WITH THE ONIONS AND GARLIC TOO.

>> HEY, MARCO.

WOW, IS THAT WHAT WE MADE?

WOW.

>> Rosendo: WELL, AS WE SAY IN SWITZERLAND, EN GUETE.

>> EN GUETE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> TO THE CHEF.

>> WELL, TO COOKING.

>> Rosendo: TO THE CHEF.

[laughter] MMM.

>> MMM, PERFECT.

[mellow piano music] ♪ ♪ >> Rosendo: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON OUR SWISS ROOTS ADVENTURE.

IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, WE ARE A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS, DESCENDANTS FROM PEOPLE WHO OVERCAME INCREDIBLE OBSTACLES AND MADE GREAT SACRIFICES TO FORGE A NEW LIFE IN A NEW LAND FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT JOY TO EXPERIENCE SWITZERLAND IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JULIE'S ANCESTORS, TO, IN ESSENCE, MEET JULIE EVERYWHERE.

IT IS OFTEN SAID, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT UNTIL YOU LOSE IT.

WHEN IT COMES TO HERITAGE, YOU DON'T REALLY VALUE IT TILL YOU'VE LOST IT AND REGAINED IT AGAIN.

AS WE TRAVEL, WE LEARN THAT WE ARE MORE ALIKE OUR FELLOWS THAN DIFFERENT.

YET EACH HUMAN BEING IS A UNIQUE COMING TOGETHER OF ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES AND LIVES THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE.

NO MATTER HOW FAR WE TRAVEL, IT IS GOOD TO KNOW WHERE OUR PARTICULAR PATH BEGAN.

TILL NEXT TIME, THIS IS JOSEPH ROSENDO REMINDING YOU OF THE WORDS OF MARK TWAIN: "TRAVEL IS FATAL TO PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY, AND NARROW-MINDEDNESS."

HAPPY TRAVELING.

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FOR A DVD OF TODAY'S SHOW OR ANY OF JOSEPH'S TRAVELSCOPE ADVENTURES, CALL: OR ORDER ONLINE AT: YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL US AT: OR WRITE US AT THE ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN.

>> Rosendo: NOW THAT WE'VE TRACKED OUR ROOTS IN SWITZERLAND, LEARN MORE AT TRAVELSCOPE.NET, WHERE YOU CAN FOLLOW MY WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES THROUGH MY BLOG AND PODCAST.

KEEP IN TOUCH.

NEXT TIME ON TRAVELSCOPE, I HEAD TO NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA'S ACADIAN FESTIVAL TO MEET THE ACADIANS, DISCOVER THEIR HISTORY, AND LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL.

Captioning by CaptionMax www.captionmax.com [men singing in Swiss-German] ♪ ♪ >> Rosendo: SHE'S SWISS, SWISS.

>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE SWISS.

>> Rosendo: THINK YOU HAVE TO BE SWISS TO DO THIS.