(A few of the) Reasons …
… We aren’t losing weight in Switzerland even with all the hiking we are doing. All on a typical included breakfast buffet, usually with the dairy products and jam homemade … Read More
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Murren Transformed
We got back to Murren last night around 6 and this sleepy little car-free town of 350 where we ended our hiking last Tuesday had transformed into a hopping festival … Read More
Murren, Sunday morning 18 Aug
What a gorgeous morning in this quiet car free village… We have been so fortunate with the weather. A 7-8 hour hike ahead. It’s gonna be a great day in … Read More
Obersteinberg to Murren to Thun (13th August)
Murren is a small, car-free village with unbelievable views of the Bernese Alps. It is surrounded by fields laced with hiking trails and it is a wonderfully quiet place. From … Read More
Wengen to Obersteinberg (12 Aug)
The valley was originally settled during a period known as the Walser migrations during the 13th and 14th centuries. Farmers from the canton of Wallis came from the south, over … Read More
Grindelwald to Eigergletscher; train to Wengen
Took the train from Grindelwald up to Alpiglen, leaving the development and (most of) the tourists behind… Grindelwald was hopping! (height of tourist season, Sunday, big mountain bike race, etc.) … Read More
Meiringen to Grindelwald
Took the bus to Scwarzwaldalp (half price with our Swiss Cards. Bus dropped off the daily paper to a few residents and shop owners along the way. We hiked up … Read More