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  • Day 2

    Day2: Interlaken-Beckenried

    June 3, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    Die heutige Tour stand der gestern in nichts nach: bei strahlendem Sonnenschein starteten wir dem Brienzersee entlang 😎. Nach einem Kafi in Brienz erklommen wir den Brünig und falls ihr es auch vorhattet: tuts nicht, oder auf jeden Fall nicht mit dem Fahrrad, ein Velostreifen wäre hier dringend angebracht und die Autos überholen entweder eeeewig nicht oder zu knapp 🤯. Dafür war die Abfahrt ungloublich schön,da die Veloroute durch ein idyllisches Seitental führt. Da nahmen wir das bisschen Naturweg gerne in Kauf 🤗 Das Grien rächte sich allerdings nach dem Lungernsee mit einem Platten. Zwar rasch geflickt, liefs dann doch noch nicht ganz rund, worauf wir in Giswil zum Velomach gingen, der das Problem für ein Kafikässeli-Zustupf gerne löste ( bike-atelier.ch in Giswil, gute Jungs 👍). Mit sieben Bar im Pneu gings dem Sarnersee entlang, an den Pilatuswerken vorbei 🛩 (F35-Kampfjets haben wir keine gesehen, aber Tarnkappenjets wollen vermutlich auch nicht gesehen werden). Im fantastisch gelegenen Hotel Seerausch, von wo ich diese Zeilen tippe, gönnten wir uns zuerst Kafi und Chips auf der Terasse. Morgen führt uns die Reise via Fähre noch weiter durch die schöne Innerschweiz 🤘💪🚲🤗Read more

  • Day 94–97

    Switzerland: Interlaken Region

    September 16, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌫 1 °C

    📌 We started the day with another pastry and baguette to go before leaving France, we shopped on the French side to avoid spending Swiss CHF . We drove into Switzerland with no border checks and headed for the Airbnb, it was a great apartment however we soon realised it had no wifi, I was at fault as I had booked it 🤫😄

    📌 The next morning we got up early and headed for Lauterbrunnen valley, a famous destination. We arrived semi early but the place was already super packed, something we usually avoid and had been avoiding in recent travels. It was lovely to walk through the valley though, and the crowd soon thinned out. We made our way past many waterfalls, up and under one and then into some waterfalls inside caves. The sound of the cows grazing with their bells swinging was a nice background noise amongst the lovely surrounds.

    📌 Day 2 we decided to head for Grindelwald, another famous area. We decided to hike and summit the Faulhorn at 2681m. Uncommon to us, most hikes start with a scenic cable car to a base where the hikes or activities start. We headed up to the Faulhorn which was about 5km and we were rewarded with awesome 360 views of the Alps, the weather really turned it on. The summit was the location of a hotel now mountain hut from the 1800s, hence we enjoyed our chips with a beer looking out over the Alps. This hike was phenomenal, one of the best views we have seen. We had a brief look around Grindelwald and Interlaken but nothing too special to note about these towns compared to the surrounding views from above.
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  • Day 8

    Ballenberg Muesum & Rothorn Hike

    July 15, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F

    We started the day catching a series of trains and busses to go to the Ballenberg Outdoor Museum. A particular high point was making our own butter out of cream, perhaps tied with seeing some piggies, cows, and goats. We spent a good amount of time walking about and walking through old farm houses, granaries, and workshops. After a while, Laura started giving me the "I'm hungry" cues, so we found one of the restaurants and had a simple meal of soups/salad/sandwiches, though Caty got the local comfort food of Mac n cheese n applesauce.

    Caty was struggling with the heat and not feeling up for any further activity, and so we decided to split our party once we arrived in Brienz. Laura took her back to the hotel to recuperate and I followed our itinerary by taking the Rothorn bahn, a steam cog railway train, up to the peak of the mountain. As has been the theme this trip, the views along the way were ridiculous, whether looking down at the lake or up at the mountain.

    Lacking my chaperones, the real brains of the group, I made a snap decision when I got to the top of the mountain. I immediately turned around and started to hike the trail back down to halfway point of the mountain, Planalp. The trail was one of the more difficult ones, partly due to the nature of the descent, partly due to the nerves that come with sheer dropoffs on each side of the path, partly because I was racing to catch the last train of the day, and partly due to... aggressive cows.

    I arrived at the station in good spirits, primarily because I hadn't been maimed by a momma cow. Or been zapped by the electric fences and questionably marked bypass gates.

    I beat the last train by a healthy margin, so I sat on a bench and settled in to the panic-inducing thought that they maybe wouldn't let me actually get on the train at the halfway point, or it would just go on by me (fear unfounded). The conductor did give me some trouble, not because of my ticket, but because I needed to show both my ticket and the swiss pass. Tickets validated, I relaxed and enjoyed the view on the steam train back down, and narrowly caught the other trains that took me back to Grindelwald. I rejoined Laura and Caty for dinner at the hotel restaurant.
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  • Day 13

    Day 13: Chasing waterfalls 🌊

    April 23, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ -1 °C

    This place is magical! ✨

    Here are a few shots from my hike around Giessbach Falls, Lake Brienz.

    (In typical Dayna fashion, I got lost on the circular route and ended up having to run for the last boat back to Interlaken 🙈🤣)Read more

  • Day 12

    Brienz - First

    July 6, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Il y a tellement à voir dans la région, c’est difficile de choisir! J’avais élaboré plusieurs possibilités, étudié les cartes, analysé les coûts et activités disponibles selon les sommets, calculé le temps de déplacement en train aussi. Le Top of Europe, le Jungfraujoch, la montagne la plus visitée, est rendu hors de prix (même avec notre rabais de la Swiss Travel Pass, ça revenait à presque 600 CHF, soit 900$ CAN). On a donc choisi le sommet First (prononcer Fircht) à partir de Grindelwald.

    À Grindelwald, nous avons pris le téléphérique jusqu’au sommet First. De là, nous avons fait le Cliff walk, qui est une plate-forme étroite qui longe la paroi de la montagne et offre une vue splendide sur l’Eiger et les montagnes autour. Il y a une petite plate-forme au-dessus du vide, mais il y avait tellement de gens qui attendaient juste pour se prendre en photo au bout qu’on a laissé tomber. C’est d’ailleurs un irritant maintenant, tous ces Instagrameurs.euses qui cherchent seulement à prendre de belles photos, mais qui ne visitent pas et ne respectent pas toujours les gens autour. Elles sont faciles à reconnaître d’ailleurs : elles sont habillées chic alors que l’environnement ne s’y prête pas (ie en haut d’une montagne où on fait de la randonnée difficile). La série coréenne Crashlanding on you, qui se déroule en partie en Suisse, a d'ailleurs beaucoup contribué au phénomène.

    Bref, après la plate-forme, nous avons mangé notre pique-nique au sommet et bu une bière en regardant les Alpes. C’est assez incroyable, on ne se fatigue pas de regarder partout!

    On a ensuite fait une randonnée dans le but de se rendre au lac Bachalpsee, mais Édouard a commencé à ressentir le mal des montagnes, alors nous sommes redescendus.

    Nous avons repris le téléphérique jusqu’à la station Bort (sauf Félix qui est descendu nous attendre à Grindelwald) pour descendre le reste en trottibike. C’était vraiment très cool à faire! Ça allait beaucoup plus vite qu’on pensait à cause de la pente descendante (tellement qu’on pensait avoir un moteur). Une belle activité dans un décor enchanteur.

    Grindelwald (et Lauterbrunnen) est vraiment le centre des attractions touristiques de montagne dans la région. C’est de là qu’on va au First, au Jungfrau, au Männlichen, au Kleine Scheidegg, aux Gletscherschlucht… il y a donc beaucoup de touristes. Heureusement, nous n’étions pas encore en haute saison!

    Nous sommes revenus à Brienz, où nous avons soupé tranquillement avant d’aller marcher et chiller au bord du lac. Édouard s’est un peu baigné, mais l’eau était vraiment froide (c’est après tout un lac formé par la rivière Aare, qui prend naissance dans les glaciers des Alpes bernoises).
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  • Day 779

    Giessbach

    November 8, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    Die Fahrt verlief ganz gut.
    Liegengebliebener LKW im Tunnel war alles. Kleiner Stau.
    Bei Sonnenschein angekommen und draussen etwas getrunken.
    Jetzt dann Nachtessen, danach Konzert.
    Blick vom Hotel auf den Brienzersee.Read more

  • Day 14

    Varen op de Brienzersee

    July 29, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Varen!! Rens z'n grote wens om in de vakantie te doen. Met een motorbootje! Zo gezegd, zo gedaan!! Heerlijk weer, leuke boot met een sup. Suppen is Hadassa's hobby, dus die kon ook lekker doen wat ze leuk vindt. En met de sup achter de boot..... mama dacht dat het een rustig tochtje zou worden maar dat liep soms even wat anders!Read more

  • Day 5

    Brienzersee

    July 7, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    - Moped alles wieder ok, warsch. Feuchtigkeit
    - der Weg war echt anstrengend
    - geile Kurven aber das Tempo war zu langsam
    - kurz vor Ende bin ich einfach nach vorne und hab Flamme gegeben
    - mega Race gegen Chris und Ötzi, mit das geilste vom fahren bisher
    - das Hotel ist wie eine Jugendherberge mit Toilette auf dem Gang
    - der Empfang hier war krass, der Kellner ist deutscher und reißt hier richtig mit uns die Hütte ab
    - riesen Party bis um 4
    - früh hat uns die Sonne mit perfektem Panorama geweckt
    - eine Frau hat Jens sein Moped beim Ausparken umgefahren
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  • Day 26

    Ballenberg Freilichtmuseum - Brienz

    May 11, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Oom Pierre Jordaan wat in Basel bly, kry my vanoggend en dan gaan ons na die buitelugmuseum by Brienz toe. Dis 'n langnaweek en my huisgesin het Raclette gemaak, wat ek toe ook vir die eerste keer kans kry om te eet.Read more

  • Day 33

    Switzerland

    September 25, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Up early for a run and shower whilst Gary worked again. A bit of food shopping and fuel refill once we’d started our journey again, I’d read that Switzerland can be a bit pricey, Gary drove the first half and over the border hoping to be able to buy their equivalent of the toll fee by way of a sticker called a vignette. Apparently you can buy it at the border allowing you to use their motorways. A much simpler (and cheaper) way to pay for toll than the French toll points every few metres, it feels like. My toll charge in France is going to be huge I reckon. It was £60 coming down the first part when we first got here compared to Spain around £30 and we were there for much longer and more traveling. We seem to go through toll after toll after toll this last French section.
    Anyway, as we approached the border, no new country signs or welcome. Just weaved in and out of a few cones and some unmarked buildings then we were through. Back on to the motorway. Very underwhelming. So, we panicked a little thinking we hadn’t got this vignette. I know their fine for not having one is a bit costly so we pulled over and found a petrol station outside Geneva to purchase one. Easy. 40 franks lasts the year (£36). Crisis averted, Gary drove a little further around Lake Geneva then we switched over and I drove to the stopover. As we approached the snow tipped Alps it was an amazing sight knowing we would be heading that way eventually. Our stopover is near Interlaken, next to lake Brienz (Brienzee). The approach was breathtaking. Such a turquoise looking water especially with the sun shining. We found it spot for the night and went for a walk in the area finding a very high, though not very wide, waterfall. Hiked up the woody mountain a little to see some more beautiful views before heading back for dinner. Gary attempted to fly the drone but we’re near an airport so restrictions meant he wasn’t confident. We walked down to the picturesque village as the sun went down and sat on a bench watching the sun set. Surprisingly quite busy there with Korean tourists. There’s a pier that was used in a Korean Netflix show recently. Bit of an attraction. Back at our stopover, just a large carpark, a couple other vans also turned up for the night. One, respectfully leaving a gap but another shoehorned himself right into our corner. There’s loads of room here, why do people do that? I could probably take a leap from my doorstep and land on his. Eyeroll.
    Gary’s looking forward to driving the Furka pass next. A long, winding, scenic stretch through the Alps made famous by the Goldfinger movie. Move over Lewis Hamilton.
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