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Stresa, Piedmont, Italy Friday, August 31, 2012 De-stressing in Stresa. There really hasn’t been anything to de- stress from. We are pretty tired from travel day and all the excitement we had in Switzerland. So, not much on the agenda today. We had a very nice breakfast at the restaurant next to the hotel. It […]
Stresa, Piedmont, Italy Thursday, August 30, 2012 Today is basically just a travel day to get situated in Italy. We left Montreux at 0838 and the express trained whisked us to the town of Iselle di Trasqueria on the Italian border. We were supposed to go to Domodossola originally and then change trains there to […]
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 […]