- SwitzerlandAaaah, Switzerland! As soon as we crossed the border I fell in love! Actually, that's probably not true. Chances are I was asleep when we crossed the border. But I definitely knew it was love when we made our first Posted by EmShell in M&M hit the Big E's | Sep 12, 2011
- The Nomad Has Landed, sort ofI have lived in many rooms, homes, apartments and houses- stopped counting at house #19! My mother thinks I have always been nomadic in spirit. But now I think its time to find some roots. Just typing that is filling Posted by Goofy9 in May The Blog Be with You | Sep 11, 2011
- Lakes and mountains
As we are headed for Italy, we take the classic n°3 North-South Cycling Route through Switzerland. After leaving the suburbs of Basel with its chemical industry, we are soon captivated b Posted by kelly and val in Kelly & Valentin | Sep 11, 2011
- Just arrived Lauterbrunnen, Switz.Yeah - an Aussie guy at the hostel had a HP charge cord and I can upload some photos!
Just arrived in Lauterbrunnen. You can see a beautiful valley with a 300m waterfall plummeting into it from our room!
Lovely cruise today Posted by adtamo in The Wheary Travellers | Sep 10, 2011
- The Last Supper
I don't think it could have been avoided. Any way you sliced it - the tears were bound to fall at dinner. Our newfound friend Robert seated us at our regularly reserved table in the cozy corner of the restaurant Posted by akgearhard in A Formula for Travel | Aug 30, 2011
- Lugguage setting
Ouille ouille ouille. Pas facile de tout rentrer dans mon (gros) sac... Posted by molokaic in Once around the world | Sep 4, 2011
- 31st August, 2011This morning we did an early start, yesterday we purchased a morning ticket to visit the Jungfrau, which meant we needed to catch the first train at 7.00 in the morning and we would need to be off the top Posted by Nannykool in Tidings from the Tripping Tanners | Aug 31, 2011
- 30th August, 2011Today Rod and I had seperate agenda's, Rod was keen to go canyoning but I have to say it's something I wasnt interesting in doing (I know how cold the water is suppose to be). So I headed off to Posted by Nannykool in Tidings from the Tripping Tanners | Aug 30, 2011
- 29th August 2011This morning we heading off early to the Jungfrau region. I have been particularly looking forward to this part of our holiday. We arrived in Grindewald around lunchtime, after finding our accommodation , a delightful little apartment, we went Posted by Nannykool in Tidings from the Tripping Tanners | Aug 29, 2011
- The Zrims visit the land of cheese!Hi there folks! So after quite a few kilometres covered over the last week or so and lots of different cities and countries visited, we have finally got 24 hours of access to the world wide web... therefore... da da Posted by zrimmy in National Zrimpoon's European Vacation | Aug 30, 2011
- A Tall StoryToday Alfred had offered to take us to visit Mount Pilatus. We rode for about 45 minutes on a small cog train to the top of the very steep mountain. I know that the signs that indicated the angle of Posted by Nannykool in Tidings from the Tripping Tanners | Aug 28, 2011
- LuzernPicked up the engraved knives early in the morning, the old man did a wonderful job. Went back to the train station and bought my second Eurail pass for onwards travel in Austria and Hungary. I was still waiting for Posted by canglingy in The Chronicles of Ling :) | Aug 29, 2011
- Seriously, Switzerland?!
"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens; bright copper kettles, warm woolen mittens; brown paper packages, tied up with string; these are a few of my fav-oh--riiite things."
If I could get access to an open field here in Switzerland, you'd Posted by akgearhard in A Formula for Travel | Aug 28, 2011
- Zermatt, the Alps and BernI had been calculating the timing of Swiss public transportation and the entire system really works like clockwork. This experience is quite cool. You can just count down at the train station and almost at the exact time, the train Posted by canglingy in The Chronicles of Ling :) | Aug 29, 2011
- Sunday 27 February 2011We’re right in the midst of the busiest part of our holiday at the moment, and are finding the packing up and moving a bit tiresome, but we’re also getting a lot better at it. Today we were off to Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 27, 2011
- Saturday 26 February 2011We had a quiet start to the day and spoke to Mum and Veronica and Karen on Skype, then decided to head out for a walk around Lauterbrunnen. When we got near the station I saw a sign for the Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 26, 2011
- Friday 25 February 2011We got down to the Lauterbrunnen train station this morning in time for the 9:39am train up the mountain to the Jungfraujoch, and then discovered that we’d left our Eurail pass at home, and as that entitles us to a Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 25, 2011
- Thursday 24 February 2011When we woke up this morning it was snowing lightly outside, which was quite exciting as it was the first time the kids had seen snow falling. We packed our bags quite quickly (Gailyn and I had combined our things Posted by kjgrose in Grottiers Grand Tour of Europe | Feb 24, 2011
- Geneva and LausanneTook a direct train to Geneva early in the morning. Today was rainy and misty. A lot of sights along the way can't really be seen well but still managed to catch the lakes and the mountains. Got to know Posted by canglingy in The Chronicles of Ling :) | Aug 24, 2011
- Youth Group, Museum and Zoo in BaselI finally bought my own Swiss pass after living off charity for two days :)
Went to the Basel Zoo that is supposed to be one of the best in the world, the designs of the zoo is different than that Posted by canglingy in The Chronicles of Ling :) | Aug 24, 2011
- Walking Tour and Bike TripDid walking tour around Basel in the morning. The city has helpful color coded pedestrian signs that allows the visitors to choose which type of memory lane that opt to walk down. It can be some heritage or science history Posted by canglingy in The Chronicles of Ling :) | Aug 23, 2011
- Church and FriendsThis entry will be about relationships formed while in Switzerland :)
Morning began with excellent Swiss bread, the best I had ever had. Finally went to a proper church service after a while, my host family interpreted bits and part Posted by canglingy in The Chronicles of Ling :) | Aug 22, 2011
- Farewell, Czech Republic. Hello Switzerland :)Bid the republic farewell. Some memories here will definitely remain for a long time. Hopped on a minivan by Sebastian Tours and left for Vienna.
The drive was very pleasant with great sights Posted by canglingy in The Chronicles of Ling :) | Aug 22, 2011
- Switzerland (Geneva,Suhr & Jungfraujoch) 31.07.11 - 11.08.11So the plan was to stop in Grenoble on the way to Geneva to have a look around and drop Hayden somewhere that he could catch a bus or train to Italy (he was meeting friends in Pisa at lunchtime Posted by Bradandkir in Brad and Kirstie take on the World! | Aug 22, 2011
- 2001 - The Swiss Alps
This was a holiday with a difference, being a walking holiday in the Swiss Alps near Geneva and Chamonix in France. This is not my normal sort of trip but thought I would try something d Posted by nzhamsta in Glynn's travel blog | Aug 25, 2001