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
Hiking Europe
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
Recovery! (we think)
Great news from the Zurich airport today; a plastic bag containing (at least some of) our missing items was sent to Lost and Found. My butterfly jacket is in there!! … 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
Feeling Naked
Today we begin the traveling-light phase of our trip. Mark and I will carry only our backpacks while we hike in Switzerland for the next month. We parted with our … Read More
How do you top The Cotswolds?
Fly immediately to Switzerland, do not pass Go. Just landed Zurich, stunning landscapes on the flight in… Edinburgh posts coming soon, then let the hiking begin: Bernese Oberland, Mont Blanc … Read More