Etrier Hotel Crans-Montana

Destination 405<br><br>km197'555<br><br>Not entirely shure, if I spend my last day in a foreign country, I head towards north. A stopover at Novi Ligure provides me finally the opportunity to send a notification to all family and friends about my remaining itinerary before return back home. The date has been fixed to the 29.<br>The ride up to Vercelly in the low lands was not that exciting like the sighting of the mountain of Mont Blanc in the far. Since my ...

... used my final day of my eurrail pass for this trip only to find that the trip from Visp station to the Zermatt was not valid despite being told by two train operators that it was. I also couldn't get through to the girl at the station that my eurrail pass allows me discounts for the train but she kept telling me, 'no, no, you can't use anymore days it's full'. Today wasn't the first time I have been stuffed around by the Swiss. It's hard to believe that Einstein was educated here.<br><br><br>

... van hurt her nostrils..eeek!<br>After deicing and all the rest we headed to Lucern.. or so we thought. Honeydew made her record amount of noise so far. I have never heard a van or car rev so hard in my life. When I went to park (stopped off at the wonderful coffee shop there - she does amazing coffees and learnt the skill in NZ!) I had to keep going as the amount of noise when she wasn't in gear. It was like 5 aeroplanes landing! OH MY GOD.......<br>

I wasn't sure where in Switzerland I wanted to go after Zurich, but I knew I wanted it to be near some mountains and away from crowds. The hostel I found was highly recommended and was in a valley in the mountains near Interlaken, so that&#8217;s what made my decision. Turns out my somewhat random choice was a good one, putting me in one of the most beautiful areas in Switzerland, according to some ...

... surroundings, there was a chill in the air but the sun was shinning and the birds singing. The last stop of the day was looking at a bunch of glacial waterfalls that made their way through the middle of a mountain; with the lighting it was quite cool. We woke up the next day to rain, and lots of it, but the most exciting bit was that the hills we had walked around only the day before were covered in snow! After a look around Interlaken we ...

... after 3 train changes I finally made it to Lauterbrunnen. I can only say that it is absolutely stunning here. I have a waterfall not far from the balcony of my room. There are waterfalls everywhere. My first day I arrived around 4pm, so I settled in, bought some groceries, and spent most of the night playing card games with people at the hostel, we had a lot of fun. Yesterday ...

Hey guys, It has been quiet a while since I was motivated to write in this blog. But camp is over, and like the last effort on a marathon, we had to put our heads down and just go till the end. It was a good summer, we learned a lot and I am glad that we are done. So I hope I catch up with all of these posts and you know whats going on! CP

... Marla hopped in the car with Dan for the rest of the trip to Lauterbrunnen.  We all met up again at the Furka pass, site of the glacier you can do a walk inside of.  We all did the walk this time and we made sure we had a camera!  The walk was different from when we had done it a few days earlier.  A second rift had opened in the ceiling of the passaged, and much more water was dripping from the ceiling as well.  We also noticed the the shape ...

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... who were guarding some French king, and took pictures. Then we went shopping and I bought a Swiss Army Knife, which I'm really happy with. It has a light and a pen and is engraved with my initials. The scenery on the drive from Lucerne to Jungfrau was amazing. We made a photo stop on the side of the road at one particularly beautiful spot. Snow-capped mountains with waterfalls and clear blue water that literally sparkles. We ...