Aberdeen Airport
July 15, 2017 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Early morning start to the trip.
Amsterdam
July 15, 2017 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Short stopover at Schipol
Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg airport
July 15, 2017 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Go out the wrong door in this airport, and you end up in a different country.
Train from Basel to Brugg
July 15, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Along the route it ran parallel to the Rhine for a while, passing the impressive Feldschlösschen brewery, that looked more like a castle. Due to engineering works on the tracks further along, I hadRead more
Brugg
July 15, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Had a walk around the old part of town, and down to the bridge that the town is named after, across the narrow Aare river.
Schinznach-Bad
July 16, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Went for a 16km walk to Schinznach-Bad alongside the River Aare, and back along the north side.
Ebenalp
July 17, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Gondola up to Ebenalp, where there are many parasailers.
Berggasthaus Aescher
July 17, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Restaurant on the side of a cliff, below Ebenalp. Rösti for lunch.
Journey down from Ebenalp
July 17, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Ballenberg
July 18, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
This is an open air museum, where old buildings from throughout Switzerland have been brought and preserved. In a few buildings there are also craft demonstrations, like cheese making, pottery,Read more
Aareschlucht
July 18, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Near Meringen, home of the original meringue, is Aareschlucht. The river Aare has over 150,000 years carved a narrow gorge into the rock.
Lungernersee
July 18, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
A fantastic viewpoint over Lungren and Lungernersee from the road over the Brünig Pass.
Bern
July 19, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Had a day out in Bern today, very warm at 33C. Saw the parliament, city bears and famous clock tower. Then went for a swim/float down the Aare river in Bern for over a kilometre to cool down.
Zytglogge
July 19, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Ancient clock tower in Bern from the 1400's. Musical with the cockeral crowing, Kronos (father time) rotating his hour glass before tapping his sceptre to the hours, and the bear nodding his head. UpRead more
Frey's Chocolate factory
July 20, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Today was a Willy Wonka moment, and I won the golden ticket. We went to see a chocolate factory, not just any, we went to Frey's, probably Switzerland's best chocolates.
They have a visitor centreRead more
Schloss Wildegg
July 20, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
A lovely castle overlooking the valley. Well preserved with most rooms decorated as they used to be.
Baden & Ruine Stein
July 20, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Up above Baden is the castle ruin. Then it's down through the old town and across the covered wooden bridge across the River Limmat.
Lucerne/Luzern
July 21, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A day out to Lucerne / Luzern, and it's old town (Altstadt). Visited the Kapellbrücke (chapel bridge), a wooden covered bridge from the 1330's used as a fortification for defence from the lake. It isRead more
Switzerland's only glassworks
July 21, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Just south of Lucerne is the town of Hergiswil, and the Glasi Hergiswil glassworks.
We get an interactive tour showing the history of the company and process of glassworking, before we get aRead more
Basel weekend market
July 22, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
A day out to Basel in the North West of Switzerland. 15 minutes away and you are in France or Germany. Walking around the old town we came across the weekend market, full of everything, as well as aRead more
Basel old square
July 22, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Lovely Altstadt with winding little streets, easy to get lost. The red building of the 500 year old town hall stands out, with it's ornate painted walls.
Basel Cathedral
July 22, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Looked around the Basel Cathedral, and whilst inside got a free organ recital of over 45 minutes.
Then thought I was back in Scotland when I heard the bagpipes. Basel has a week long Tattoo, withRead more
Rheinfall
July 23, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A long day, early train to Neuhausen am Rheinfall to see the Rheinfall, the biggest waterfall in Europe. This is in the north of Switzerland, bordering Germany.
Felsen at Rheinfall
July 23, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I went for a boat trip to Felsen, the island in the middle of the falls, which has stairs upto a viewing platform overlooking the falls. Then a boat across to Schloss Laufen on the other bank.
Schloss Laufen
July 23, 2017 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Once across the river it was a climb to Schloss Laufen, a spot of lunch, and then on the short train to Schaffhausen.