Year: 2012

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 […]

Grindelwald, Swiss Alps, Switzerland Sunday, August 19, 2012 Today, we have decided to take a day off from hiking. There is quite a bit of soreness going on and Carol is really nursing too many Swissters at the moment. We go down for breakfast around 0815. It is better than we were expecting after the […]

Meiringen, Switzerland Saturday, August 18, 2012 Breakfast starts at 0800 and we are right on time as we have another long day ahead. Breakfast is the typical cold cuts, cheese, bread, fresh yoghurt, and hard boiled( in this case soft boiled egg). Time to go but here is an update. Last night we both had […]

Engelberg, Switzerland, Friday, August 17, 2012 We left St. George one month ago. We feel like we have been here longer than that which is a good thing. We are savoring and enjoying each day and feel blessed to be able to see the places we have been and meet the great people we have […]