Schaffhausen
2017年7月23日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Schaffhausen, a town that made it's money from transporting goods from the upper Rhine to below the Rheinfall.
Beautiful old town, with ornately painted buildings and covered balconies.
Munot
2017年7月23日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
The Munot is a circular 16th century fortification in the center of Schaffhausen. It is surrounded by vineyards and serves as the city's symbol. The ring-shaped fortress was built in the 16th century.
Boat to Stein am Rhein
2017年7月23日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Then it was on a boat for a two hour journey up river to Stein am Rhein. Along the way the boat had to navigate some quite narrow, shallow passages, as well as avoid folks floating down river onもっと詳しく
Stein am Rhein
2017年7月23日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Stein am Rhein is a small town west of Lake Constance (Bodensee), full of preserved, half-timbered medieval houses with painted facades, clustered around Rathausplatz in the old town. On a hilltopもっと詳しく
Zurich
2017年7月24日, スイス ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Today I walked around Zurich, a city I'd been to before a couple of times, but never explored
I walked around the old town either side of the Limmat river,exploring all the small alleys down to theもっと詳しく
Interlaken
2017年7月25日, スイス ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Today's trip was into the mountains in the centre of the country, starting at Interlaken. Not a great day weather wise, but nothing will stop me.
A few big old hotels here tells how much it's been aもっと詳しく
Harder Kulm
2017年7月25日, スイス ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
I firstly went up the funicular at the north of Interlaken to Harder Kulm. Raining heavy, but still got glimpses of Interlaken below through the clouds.
Schynige Platte
2017年7月25日, スイス ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Back down the funicular, and straight onto another train to Lauterbrunnen. A short distance from Interlaken I get off at Wilderswil, where I get on the old cog train up to Schynige Platte. A very slowもっと詳しく
Wengen
2017年7月25日, スイス ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Once down to Wilderswil, I transfer onto a train to Lauterbrunnen again, where I change onto the mountain train to Wengen. But pouring down there, with no view of the surrounding mountains.
Overall Iもっと詳しく
Bellinzona
2017年7月26日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today's daytrip was like visiting another country, through the newly operational 57km Gotthard tunnel, which allows train speeds of up to 160mph (250kmh). This took me to the south of Switzerland, andもっと詳しく
Castelgrande
2017年7月26日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Castelgrande is located on a rocky peak overlooking the valley, with a series of walls that protect the old city and connect to Montebello.
Castillo di Montebello
2017年7月26日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Castello di Sasso Corbaro
2017年7月26日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Sasso Corbaro, the highest of the three castles, is located on an isolated rocky promontory south-east of the other two. The Castles of Bellinzona with their defensive walls have been an UNESCO Worldもっと詳しく
Mornera
2017年7月26日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I also went up the mountain on the opposite side of the valley by gondola to Mornera, then down again to one of the lower gondola stations.
Ponte Tibetano Carasc
2017年7月26日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
From there it was a relatively tough hike to the Tibetan bridge, a 270m long suspended foot bridge, 130m above the gorge below.
Kandersteg-Goppenstein
2017年7月27日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Thursday was a trip to the south west of Switzerland, into the French speaking Valais canton.
Before that we had to drive onto a train to travel through the mountains.
Lac Souterrain
2017年7月27日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Once off the train it was down twisty roads to the valley below. We stopped at Lac Souterrain at Saint-Léonard. The subterranean lake is located along the Rhone valley, between Sion and Sierre in theもっと詳しく
Notre-Dame de Montorge
2017年7月27日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Then it was onto Sion. It’s known for 2 hilltop fortifications: the 13th-century Tourbillon Castle ruins and the Valère Castle complex, with a basilica housing an organ over 500 years old. Theもっと詳しく
Sion
2017年7月27日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
After supper we had a walk into the centre of Sion, lovely warm evening.
Fiesch
2017年7月28日, スイス ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Day two in Valais. A night in Sion before heading eastward up the Rhone valley to see two glaciers, the spectacular Aletsch glacier and the Rhonegletscher.
Both have been affected by global warming,もっと詳しく
Aletsch glacier
2017年7月28日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
And at the end of the gondola, what a view. The Aletsch glacier, the largest in the Alps at 23km long, 1km deep at the deepest. Stunning views everywhere and the clouds disappear as we get there.もっと詳しく
Rhonegletscher
2017年7月28日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
After the Aletsch glacier it's onwards up the Rhone valley, to where it's very narrow, and very twisty roads. A huge scar shows where the Rhonegletscher ice used to be in very recent history. Theもっと詳しく
Grimsel pass
2017年7月28日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
After the Rhonegletscher, it was back down the valley and over the Grimsel Pass at 7100 ft (2164m) on the opposite side of the valley. Nice misty pass at the top, temperature changed from 27.5C toもっと詳しく
Basel Zoo
2017年7月29日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Saturday was a lovely day out to Zolli, officially Zoologischer Garten Basel, and is Switzerland's oldest (1874) and largest zoo (by number of animals). It's a huge attraction as it's in the centre ofもっと詳しく
Königsfelden, Windisch
2017年7月30日, スイス ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
My final day on Sunday in Switzerland was a quick tour around Vindonissa, located in what is today called Windisch. It was an important Roman legion's camp being the only one in Switzerland andもっと詳しく