Preparations
4 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Passports are ready and international drivers’ licenses are obtained. Counting the days until this bucket list trip!
Dragonflies and teamwork!
15 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
My mom was an adventurer, and since her departure from planet earth, all of us think she visits us as a dragonfly, so I am taking this one with me which I bought in Leavenworth last week. Since ourBaca selengkapnya
Save those miles....
16 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
We saved our Alaska miles for years and used them to upgrade to business class "for free". That gives you access to those cushy lounges at the airport with free food, drinks and candy machines.... andBaca selengkapnya
All this for only $5.14 euros
17 Juli 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
After a rather cramped 10 hours, we unwound ourselves, got lost several times, finally found the car rental counter and jumped on the autobahn. Did you know the roadside stops don’t have restrooms?Baca selengkapnya
Go faster, Honey!
18 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
Imagine a wife saying that. But on the Autobahn on our way to Switzerland, there IS no speed limit! Driving 85, we were passed by folks driving more than 100 mph. But we have crossed now intoBaca selengkapnya
Home sweet home in the Alps
18 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Just sitting here in our home away from home for two weeks staring up the valley we will paraglide into. Outside the chickens are crowing and the owner of this vrbo is working hard on the yard. WeBaca selengkapnya
A walk by the river in the Alps.
18 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
We can cross the street and walk for miles on a path by the Aare River. We watched paragliders land near the cable cars and talked with a mom with three kids from Oakland who were glowing from theBaca selengkapnya
What's up with the lights?
19 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
I don't know how you experience the full moon, but I have always experienced it as sound. When it came up over the ocean in Oahu once, when its first ray of light hit the water, I heard a violin note.Baca selengkapnya
The very mountains shook...
19 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Today, after I walked to the campground store across the street for coffee, we traveled 1/4 mile to the entrance to Trammelbach Falls. This is a World UNESCO site and the only waterfall in the worldBaca selengkapnya
A day complete...
19 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Since I am having trouble sleeping, I took myself on another river walk while Tim napped. Then a homemade dinner in a kitchen with a view and a meal outside with a view. Yes, there is one in everyBaca selengkapnya
A little lightheaded....
20 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
At 10,000 feet the air is rarified, so what else could we do but have brunch at the rotating Schiltorn restaurant made famous in that Bond movie. Here's a start to pictures.
Can you take too many pictures?
20 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
We are listening to a "band" at 10,000 feet!
Back on the ground...
20 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
After riding a cable car or two back down to Murren, we rode our first train down to Lauterbrunnen and then caught our first bus back to our home in the hinterlands. Tom said the brunch at theBaca selengkapnya
I hope someone knows CPR
20 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
At last sighting in Birg, Tim was headed to the Skywalk, which is attached to the side of a cliff. I made it about 100 yards and abject terror took over. I took a pic of Tim before he turned theBaca selengkapnya
When the rides are free...
20 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Following another home cooked meal, we made use of our regional pass and unlimited cable car rides to ascend again into the Alps. This time we got off in Mürren and then walked down to Gimmelwald.Baca selengkapnya
Top of Europe
21 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
At over 11,000 feet this is the highest point in Europe unless you do ice climbing. To get here, you travel by cogswheel train and in the last leg, switch to a train that travels into a mountain, aBaca selengkapnya
Headed back home for the day.
21 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
After our glacier viewing we are headed down the mountain. Today was a spontaneous adventure. We just jump a bus to the train station in Lauterbrunnen, and then we just look around and decide in theBaca selengkapnya
Oops...accidental nap...
21 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Where did the last two hours go? Must have been all the stairs and the excitement of our trip to the top of the world. We caught a bus after our train ride down and then stopped at the restaurant atBaca selengkapnya
Mental preparation begins.
22 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
It is 6 am here, and you are still living in yesterday as I write this, which is mind boggling. Due to the naps, we sat outside and waited for stars to come out last night. The moon is at 79%Baca selengkapnya
No cash, no problem
22 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
When I didn't have cash for my goods at the campground store across the street, the clerk asked where I was staying. When I said, "Heidi's " she replied, Oh jah, Heidi. Just pay when you have cash."Baca selengkapnya
The blooper video
22 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Just walked back on the trail after our paraglide landing down the road from our home. Boy, ice cream never tasted so good. No pictures yet, but here’s the scoop. Leaving the cable car in Mürren,Baca selengkapnya
Up to Grimmelwald
23 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
First trip on a real train. The others were cogswheel trains which literally run on cogs. The Swiss are masters at this transportation thing. Everything is timed as well as a Swiss watch. Next stop...Baca selengkapnya
Top of the World again!
23 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
One train, three long chair lifts later! A different view of the endless glaciers. We voted against a second cliff walk, but I think we will give the scooter three wheelers a shot down to the nextBaca selengkapnya
The ten pound box and Grindelwald 2.0
23 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
About that go cart/bike trip. It was low to the ground and required getting out and pushing at flat spots. Not good for a guy with a bad hip, so Tim put himself on injured reserve and declined. Then IBaca selengkapnya
Heat wave? Lake day!
24 Juli 2019, Swiss ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Said goodbye to our waterfall, took a train to Interlaken and are now headed to Brienz by boat. More pics along the way.






























































































































































