There's 'gold' in those hills! If you didn't know it was there, you probably wouldn't even notice the tiny village of Mund on the northern mountain in German-speaking upper Canton Valais. Nor would you know its saffron 'gold mine'.

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There's 'gold' in those hills! If you didn't know it was there, you probably wouldn't even notice the tiny village of Mund on the northern mountain in German-speaking upper Canton Valais. Nor would you know its saffron 'gold mine'.

At first glance, there's little to distinguish Mund from all the other little mountainside villages of Switzerland, which are all very rustic and picturesque, characterised by their old wooden houses, dark brown with age--tiny retreats, where one can still escape the rigours of the world, and meditate upon the vastness and beauty of the Rhone Valley below. From up here, the everyday world s...

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