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    • Day 11

      Days 10-12: Swiss bliss 🇨🇭❄️🏔️

      April 21 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌫 2 °C

      After a short train journey from Bern, I arrived in Interlaken. It's a small town surrounded by stunning snowcapped mountains and hugged eitherside by two beautiful lakes. The Aare River running through the town is the most unbelievable blue! 💙

      Everything about the landscape here is unreal! The photos just don't do it justice (most of the pics were taken on my camera so this is a small upload) 📸
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    • Day 20

      Dag 20 Panorama weg

      June 10, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Laatste echte vakantiedag. Niet al te laat op, met de fiets naar het treinstation. We hebben een reisepass gekregen en daarmee kunnen we gratis gebruik maken van het openbaar vervoer. Als trein enthousiast wil ik wel eens in een smalspoor trein mee reizen en dan ook nog een tandheugel baan, ik heb er zin in.
      Op het station nog 15 minuten de tijd om nog wat foto's te maken.
      Het ritje naar Brünig duurt maar 10 min. Als de trein even buiten Meiringen op het tandheugel traject arriveert, mindert hij snelheid en hoor je "Klilkliklik" En neemt weer snelheid op. Leuk, dat schuine gevoel in een trein. Met een gangetje van 40 in het uur, GPS traking op de telefoon, gaat het omhoog.
      Wat mij opvalt is de reinheid. Alle treinen zijn schoon, van binnen en van buiten zélfs het materieel voor onderhoud.
      Bij Brünig begint de "Panorama weg" naar Reuti, het eerst gedeelte gaat door het bos, heerlijk koel, dan volgt na een km of 3 alpenweiden. Helaas op asfalt. Wel mooie vergezichten op de bergen. Na 3,5 uur en nog 3 Km te gaan beginnen onze knieën zeer te doen. We besluiten om de bus naar Reuti te nemen. Daar nemen we zeilbahn terug naar beneden naar Meiringen.
      Nadat we onszelf opgefrist hebben gaan we lekker uit eten in Meiringen, we hebben gereserveerd bij Bar en Grill Röslli, dat was een goede keuze. Als aperitief nemen we kirch met prosecco en vers rood fruit. Lekker! Gevolgd romige groentesoep. Anja neemt witte en groene asperges met Hollandse saus en ik een hamburger van een plaatselijk rund. Onze serveerster heet Bernadette een heerlijk mens. We komen aan de klets, ze houdt van de bergen en fotograveren.
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    • Day 35

      Hut Hike Day 2

      September 8, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      I got up in the morning, had some breakfast, and hit the hills (another cheap moment - I packed all my food - dinner and breakfast - because you could eat at the hut for 40 Swiss Frank's?!?!? Same amount as staying Blüemlisalphütte SAC the night!!! I think not!) Sleeping was good. I could hear the storm outside going bonkers with rain and wind.bLuckily there weren't many guests that night because there was only a divider between every 2 beds so if there were more people I could've been spooning a stranger...but that wasn't the case luckily. Today was easy peasy because it was all downhill and only 7km. Before heading out, I stood at the edge of the glacier!!! How cool 😝 I met this other solo hiker which was great...until I realized we hike at very much different paces. Anyways I committed to hiking together for the leg but after we parted I was zooming!Read more

    • Day 28

      Gimmelwald

      September 1, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Wowowow!!! The view never gets old 😍 I took a bus, tram, and funicular up to Gimmelwald and then hiked to Mürren (2.2km) and then did a loop around the top :) all hike you could see cows and hear them from a mile away because of their cow bells (sound on for video)! I also had a storm chase me from behind but never caught up! Winner winner, chicken dinner! Beautiful day for a great hike :)Read more

    • Day 45

      Trümmelbachfälle and last🇨🇭day🥺

      June 23, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      This is a long one, so you really don’t have to read. The pictures say enough 🤞❤️ I have started to use this app honestly as a diary of the things that have happened on my trip so I can look back at it and the photos that match the stories :)

      When I got to Lauterbrunnen from the top of the mountain I walked to a waterfall and you took a lift in a tunnel up and got to see different pats of the fall. At the top , there was a huge amount of water coming out and it was so fast. It sprayed onto you when you leaned over the tunnel (it was inside and lit up by lights and a small bit of natural light from parting in the rocks above it) and so I wore my rain jacket so I could go closer. It was so so loud you could hear it from ages away. I got some cute older people who I caught the lift up to the top with to take a picture for me so here I am with a bit of the waterfall next to me !
      On the bus back we passed a restaurant that was chilling drinks in a little stream which was very cute and smart.

      It had been sunny all day which was amazing (as this was the same day as the other hike) and so it started pouring on the train back. My train to Zug got cancelled, then the next train stopped before Zug because a tent had fallen onto the tracks in the wind. All of this was told to me over the loud speaker in German but I have become quite good at realising something is wrong when the people around me start sighing or walking away from the platform or looking up other train timetables. Everyone is really nice and most people speak English so I asked the lady who was doing a sudoku next to me what the speaker had said and she told me we all had to get a bus !

      Another girl then overheard me saying I was going to Zug and said she was too so we caught the replacement bus together. She was really sweet and told me about how she grew up in Germany but her dad was from Dubai and her mum from India, and she told me about how she found it living there as a resident and how she had moved to Switzerland so she would have more freedom and to be able to work. She told me about her cat too who is apparently a deva and how her husband got another cat because he was jealous and his cat is quite the gentlemen. Anyway , it was really late by the time we got there but she walked me to my bus stop because she was going a similar way so that all made the trip quite fun even though it took me 5 hours to get home instead of about half that.

      I didn’t do much yesterday (the 24th). It rained all day so I FaceTimed some friends and fam, watched some tv and tidied up to pack my bags. There was also some sort of plane show that happened during me eating my lunch so that was pretty cool (a bit scary at first- it was so loud and seemed unusual because all of the neighbours were taking photos) but I later saw a sign about some sort of plane festival so I guess I just got a sneak peak <3
      The sun came out in the afternoon and so I went on a walk in both directions around the lake at the perfect time to see the sun making the trees and buildings and windows and water golden. It was so beautiful. The photos are in the second half of this post :)

      This morning I went for a very early swim in the lake and the water was warmer than the air. It was so so luvlyyyy. Then I packed my bags and got on the train to Milano Centrale to then go to Rome again. I will miss Switzerland a lot and will most definitely come back 🤞🌼
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    • Day 45

      THE SWISS ALPS !

      June 23, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      So I got myself over to the mountains ! I was worried about the trains getting there but I managed pretty well🤞
      The train ride to Grindelwald was like nooo otherrrr. I have decided that this blue is my favourite colour. I sat next to a girl from Vietnam who was travelling with another Vietnamese girl that she had met by talking in Vietnamese on the phone and they had been together for the last 3 days. Her name is Khanh and she was doing uni on exchange in Madrid and we chatted the whole train ride.
      I was trying to ask the lady in the seat opposite me something so I asked if she spoke English and she said no but then started talking to me in English so I was so so confused. When she got off, Khanh proceeded to tell me that I had actually asked her if I she spoke German. Welp 🙊
      Anyway I caught the gondola up to Maennlichen and took a quick selfie because I was the only one in it and it’s not everyday you can get a photo with such ginormous mountains. I hope the gondola camera security people enjoyed watching me hold on when I went over the bumpy bits 🥰
      There were some cute cows with bells that rang when they moved and then quite a big cow as the kids playground.
      I walked from Maennlichen about an hour and a half to Kleine Scheidegg and I saw a group of 3 walkers ( who turned out to be from England and one had a daughter living in Melbourne) trying to take a self timer photo with Mount Eiger (and it was not working for them) so I offered to get one for them. They then snapped this shot of me , so here I am with Mount Eiger !
      Then also the same with these 2 girls when I walked into a cute viewpoint hut at Kleine Scheidegg, so here is me in my blue raincoat and backpack- and then a selfie with my blue bucket hat to match💙 no I did not bring any other clothes as my brain didn’t really register that it was in the mountains, there was snow, and so it would be cold? Very luckily I had a completely funny day until I got onto my train home !
      I have also added some more cows for your enjoyment (make sure to imagine the bells ringing when they move). And then here are some more pics on the train ride down to Lauterbrunnen ;))
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    • Day 29

      Kleine Scheidegg to Wengen hike

      October 24, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 45 °F

      Doesn't have those spectacular alpine views, but still a very pretty area to hike through. Route took me past some nice variety -- more remote stretches as well as a few farms and teeny towns. I JUST managed to beat the fog and mist rolling in, so I still got some nice views before it obscured them completely. It actually kind of added to the ambiance in the lower elevation part when it did start rolling in, gave it a neat "Wuthering Heights" vibe. (Also passed another of those little stations where local farmers put their cheese for sale and you just grab some and leave money on the honor system.)Read more

    • Day 67

      Lauterbrunnen Switzerland

      July 14, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      Lauterbrunnen sits in one of the most impressive trough valleys in the Alps, between gigantic rock faces and mountain peaks. With its 72 thundering waterfalls, secluded valleys, colourful alpine meadows and lonely mountain inns, the Lauterbrunnen Valley is one of the biggest nature conservatories in Switzerland. Dave and I spent three days here visiting some of the waterfalls as well as watching one of the most extreme sports; basejumping which Lauterbrunnen is a haven for. We could hear the helicopter bring people up to the top of the cliff faces daily and even caught a few glimpses of a jumper at the tail end of his jump after pulling his parachusette and landing in the "garden" which is the green valley floor in the middle of the cliff peaks. There are 18000 jumps here every year, the death rate is 4 in 10,000. We saw Staubbach falls which is one of the highest free flow waterfalls in europe dropping 974 feet. This area is also home to the Jungfrau station the highest railway station in Europe as well as the Great Aletsch Glacier which stretches across the mountains which you can see behind the cliff faces in a few photos. This Glacier is 23km long and is the largest Glacier in the Alps as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Read more

    • Day 7

      Gindelwald to Wengen, walking in clouds!

      August 1, 2023 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F

      A beautiful hike with a great team today! After an awesome breakfast at the hotel, as well as our normal packing of some extra fruit and treats for later, we took the bus to take the train to Alpinglen, to shorten the long 6 mile climb starting in the city. Yeah, we kind of messed up our bus ride with all of us missing our stop in two groups. We all walked back to the train station then just missed our train because it took too long to buy tickets! Ok, so we finally got to Alpinglen then hiked up about 4 beautiful miles, walking in the shadow of the mighty Eiger mountain. One to the top at Kleine Scheidegg we got lunch at a restaurant then struck out for another couple of miles (hiked 7.1 miles today) to Mannlichen, then onto the Royal Walk which takes you to a crown-shaped viewing area with spectacular views of Grindelwald, the Inter-laken Valley, and the Lauterbrunnen Valley. All three! Super windy at the top! Videos? We will have to dub over the voices! Haha! Then most of us rode the gondola down to Wengen (Kevin Trimm did the punishing 2 hour decent walk!). Today is National Independence Day. All of Switzerland is celebrating!Read more

    • Day 29

      Interlaken to Schynige Platte

      September 2, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Wowowoww!!! So I'm breaking up this hike into sections because I have too many pictures I want to share🤗I started out my morning by running by reception and asking if my hike route was recommended and the guy was amazing and told be a more scenic route up in the mountains! AND he knew someone else at the hostel who was also doing the hike. Everyone meet Mia, she's from California and a super cool gal! We hiked all day and had a blast. So back to the trek to the base of the hike, we took the train and then hopped on a tram to Schynige Platte. Absolutely stunning views the whole way up. Loved every second and worth every penny! And then onwards we went!Read more

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