Category: Switzerland

Gruyères, Fribourg, Switzerland Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Gruyeres, town or cheese? It is both and that is where we are going today. We catch a train back up into the hills to Montboven, where we switch to a train to Gruyeres. The two car train is waiting for us and we get on to an […]

Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland Tuesday, August 28, 2012 We are on our way to Montreaux today. We catch The Golden Pass train from Interlaken West Station not knowing if it will be crowded as it is a Rick Steve’s recommended excursion. The Swiss also advertise it as one of their scenic railways. We find nice window […]

Adelboden, Bern, Switzerland Monday, August 27, 2012 To hike or not to hike, that is the question. Inwardly, I am leaning toward a train to Interlaken and maybe a swim in the lake. We have a nice breakfast and are still undecided. Getting back to the room, I tell Carol if we are taking the […]

Kandersteg, Bern, Switzerland Sunday, August 26, 2012 Oh my God, what an amazing day!!! That is the only way to describe it. Now the details. It rained most of last night and we wake up to intermittent rain, fog, and patches of sunshine. Breakfast is not much, coffee, bread, and cheese but we fuel up […]

Bundalp, Bern, Switzerland Saturday, August 25, 2012 After I posted the blog yesterday, we chatted with some new friends from New Zealand. Carol was talking to them while I was finishing up my writing and I joined in later. Kevin, Heather, and their son James live on the North Island of New Zealand. They are […]

Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland Friday, August 24, 2012 We arrived in Interlaken early enough yesterday to do todays planned castle adventure, so we are free to explore. The weather is quite cloudy and it rained most of last night. We decide to take a train to Riggennbach, a small town we had noticed from the train […]

Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland Thursday, August 23, 2012 Our stay in Gimmelwald is over. We hop on the cable car down to Stechelberg and catch a bus from there to the Lauterbrunnen train station. At the station we get on a train to Interlaken. They have things timed pretty well. It is about 5 minutes for […]

Gimmelwald, Bern, Switzerland Wednesday, August 22, 2012 No where to go, no where to run. I still get out of bed around 0800 but Carol lies around until after 0930. I am still catching up on my writing but getting close. We shower and get ready for a little trip. We catch the 1100 cable […]

Lauterbrunnen, Bern, Switzerland Tuesday, August 21, 2012 As we are in no rush today, we sleep in a little and go down to breakfast without pre-packing. We are surprised and happy to find scrambled eggs and bacon on the buffet along with the other usual suspects. We know this is a result of the American […]

Lauterbrunnen, Bern, Switzerland Monday, August 20, 2012 Our goal today is to hike to Wengen and then take the train down to Lauterbrunnen. Compared to the other places we have stayed, the breakfast here was a little lacking. No meats and no eggs, so we have cereal, bread, and cheese. Carol has to bandage up […]