Aberdeen Airport
2017年7月15日, スコットランド ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Early morning start to the trip.
Amsterdam
2017年7月15日, オランダ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Short stopover at Schipol
Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg airport
2017年7月15日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Go out the wrong door in this airport, and you end up in a different country.
Train from Basel to Brugg
2017年7月15日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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 hadもっと詳しく
Brugg
2017年7月15日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2017年7月16日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Went for a 16km walk to Schinznach-Bad alongside the River Aare, and back along the north side.
Ebenalp
2017年7月17日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Gondola up to Ebenalp, where there are many parasailers.
Berggasthaus Aescher
2017年7月17日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Restaurant on the side of a cliff, below Ebenalp. Rösti for lunch.
Journey down from Ebenalp
2017年7月17日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Ballenberg
2017年7月18日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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,もっと詳しく
Aareschlucht
2017年7月18日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2017年7月18日, スイス ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
A fantastic viewpoint over Lungren and Lungernersee from the road over the Brünig Pass.
Bern
2017年7月19日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 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
2017年7月19日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 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. Upもっと詳しく
Frey's Chocolate factory
2017年7月20日, スイス ⋅ 🌧 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 centreもっと詳しく
Schloss Wildegg
2017年7月20日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
A lovely castle overlooking the valley. Well preserved with most rooms decorated as they used to be.
Baden & Ruine Stein
2017年7月20日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 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
2017年7月21日, スイス ⋅ ☀️ 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 isもっと詳しく
Switzerland's only glassworks
2017年7月21日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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 aもっと詳しく
Basel weekend market
2017年7月22日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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 aもっと詳しく
Basel old square
2017年7月22日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2017年7月22日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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, withもっと詳しく
Rheinfall
2017年7月23日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2017年7月23日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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
2017年7月23日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 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.














































































































































































































