Aberdeen Airport
15. Juli 2017 in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Early morning start to the trip.
Amsterdam
15. Juli 2017 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Short stopover at Schipol
Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg airport
15. Juli 2017 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Go out the wrong door in this airport, and you end up in a different country.
Train from Basel to Brugg
15. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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 hadWeiterlesen
Brugg
15. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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
16. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Went for a 16km walk to Schinznach-Bad alongside the River Aare, and back along the north side.
Ebenalp
17. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Gondola up to Ebenalp, where there are many parasailers.
Berggasthaus Aescher
17. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Restaurant on the side of a cliff, below Ebenalp. Rösti for lunch.
Journey down from Ebenalp
17. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Ballenberg
18. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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,Weiterlesen
Aareschlucht
18. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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
18. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
A fantastic viewpoint over Lungren and Lungernersee from the road over the Brünig Pass.
Bern
19. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 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
19. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 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. UpWeiterlesen
Frey's Chocolate factory
20. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ 🌧 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 centreWeiterlesen
Schloss Wildegg
20. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
A lovely castle overlooking the valley. Well preserved with most rooms decorated as they used to be.
Baden & Ruine Stein
20. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 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
21. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ☀️ 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 isWeiterlesen
Switzerland's only glassworks
21. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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 aWeiterlesen
Basel weekend market
22. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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 aWeiterlesen
Basel old square
22. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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
22. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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, withWeiterlesen
Rheinfall
23. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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
23. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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
23. Juli 2017 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 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.














































































































































































































