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30 June 2024
Going to the airport I was happy to take public transport (NZD11 or EUR6 per person) to the airport for our midday flight but Kim was keen on an easier option. Last year, the hotel offered us a ride for EUR20 (per car) but this year it was going to be EUR40. So, we decided […]
17 July 2022
Crossing to Evian in France Today is my final move in Switzerland, hopping on the bus across the hotel at 0720 to take the train to Geneva. But in a development that came up only yesterday, I decided to make a stopover in Lausanne for a side trip to Evian, across the lake on the […]
16 July 2022
Moving to the Riviera I had a slightly later start on the trains today at 0740. I probably could have made the earlier one but I didn’t think. Today, I leave the Swiss alpine areas for the riviera, meaning the northern coast of Lake Geneva, from around Montreux westward to Geneva. The combined ride to […]
15 July 2022
Sunrise but not quite From my room I could catch a corner of the Matterhorn and it looked a nice orange colour half hour after the 0530 sunrise. I hadn’t wanted to climb to the viewpoint about 15 mins away at this time but I changed my mind. By the time I reached the Murini […]
14 July 2022
Moving to Zermatt I had a relatively late start today, taking the train at 0730. It was a treat to have hotel breakfast this morning to start the day. They cater well to travellers by starting at 0600! Having completed my hike yesterday, I was able to hop on one of the few direct trains […]
13 July 2022
Moving to Brig Once again I was on the train at Wengen around 0700 for Lauterbrunnen, but this time with my luggage. Today I have four rides totalling about 2h, changing at Lauterbrunnen, Interlaken Ost and also Spiez, where I had been only yesterday. The last part of my ride to my destination Brig was […]
12 July 2022
Grindelwald I repeated my 0700 departure to Lauterbrunnen again this morning, this time changing to Zweilutschinen, where I changed another time for Grindelwald. I had to be particularly careful at Zweilutschinen as the train splits off to different destinations here. Altogether the journey to Grindelwald took an hour. I had to be careful not to […]
11 July 2022
Murren to Schilthorn I woke at my usual time of 0600 and was out the door an hour later for Lauterbrunnen by train. I walked across the road to connect to the large intermittent cable car up to Grütschalp which then connected to the train to Murren. The Murren train ran along the ridge giving […]
10 July 2022
Moving to Wengen Today I move on to Wengen after breakfast, starting with a bus ride to the railway station for a train to Interlaken Ost leaving a little after 0800. The first half of the ~2h ride was painful with a couple of English families with a total of 7 noisy playful young children. […]
9 July 2022
Outing to Mount Rigi Breakfast at the hotel was continental with cereals, artisanal bread and cheeses. No cold cuts but eggs on request. The toasted muesli was unsweetened; that was news to me as I thought sugar (and oil) was necessary in the toasting process. While it was delicious, I took a little bit too […]