Hotel Belvedere Spiez

... werden we verast met een dik pak sneeuw!! <br>Een wandeling van Riederalp langs Blausee, vervolgens door de heuvel-bos-rug naar Rieder Furka was een wandeling van 4 uur, met onze schenen in de sneeuw, was een goede start van onze wandel vakantie:)<br><br>Zeer fijn waren onze mooie nieuwe waterdichte en dus warme bergschoenen!<br><br>De volgende dag stond ondanks de nieuwe sneeuw welke de nacht gevallen was, wederom de Eggerhorn op het ...

Hi all, Well, it's been a week of two halves. The end of Austria, Liechtenstein then the start of Switzerland were not a fun few days. It rained. And rained. We pretty much had three days and nights of it. The sealant we liberally spread around the van's roof before leaving home finally gave up and we had water coming in everywhere. We even had a bucket hanging from the skylight in a vain attempt to catch some of the flow. Driving was a nightmare with no ...

They don't really celebrate Halloween in Europe and I am really bummed. I have been looking at friend's pictures all week of them dressed up and at parties and here there is nothing. My brother Oliver went to visit the youngest brother, Julian, at U of Michigan over the weekend, they both dressed up as women. They sent me pictures and they looked absolutely ridiculous. I wish I was right there dressed up in a wig and ...

... purposes, Todd is basically swiss. He speaks perfect Swiss-German (I was asking him for words), he has the swiss version of a green card, and has marinated himself so much into the swiss lifestyle, you would have no idea that he was actually American. I have been meaning to meet up with Todd for some time now, but until now I haven't been in Switzerland for more than a few days in between my different legs of the trip. Well, Todd and I finally met ...

... fest everywhere... pretty wack. I guess all the tourist chicks aren't around anymore. I guess you can't ask much for a wednesday night. Jason went back to Interlaken today to go bungy jumping and hand gliding. Its kind of expensive and I had already done both of them, so I decided to hang back and catch up on email and da blog. I think tonight we might ...

Saturday 23rd September: Glasgow-Switzerland We had a flight via London Stansted, thus had a whole day of travel. Waking up at 4 am to catch the 06:25 am Easy-jet flight to Stansted, we were to discover it was almost daily that we woke up so early in Switzerland in order to catch the morning trains. We had a hearty English breakfast at Stansted Airport enough to fill our stomachs until dinner time. Our flight to Basel flew at low ground across the English channel and ...

... for orgainising the incoming weekend for us > and the host families for coming along and joining in the fun and > festivities. The terrible twosome got lost at the waterfall after breaking into the dunnies, i got lost and late at the castle and couldn`t find my way out of the garden so had to jump the fence and the power spew (or as i like to think of it, my self made rainfall of wine, beer and spaghetti bog!) was a result of getting on it after the soccer in a bar with ...

... to do here.. so we went to see the movie Wedding Planner.. it was in English.. with german and french subtitles. This is one hilarious movie.. You must see it. In the middle of the movie there was a break.. Jessica and i thought this was sooo funny... everyone got up and went to get popcorn or something.. She said they dont do this in Germany.. it was interesting! We are leaving tomorrow for Zurich.. getting excited!

... were also rooms filled with local artist that no one has ever heard of and for very good reason. The most amazing piece was by some one I had never heard of and can't remember the name now. It was of the Kruzkirche in Dresden when it had been destroyed in the 1600's. It was a bit odd because when I walked by my first thought was that it looked very familiar. Perhaps I have traveled too much, but I don't think that ...

... Gorgeous views. I noticed a bus stop I thought convenient to take back. I also stopped for a moment to play with some cows grazing in a nearby pasture. After Beatenberg, things got treacherous again. And worse than before. It started with steep steps but I accidentally strayed from the path. In the midst of the forest, I found a small clearing that when I looked straight up, I could spot the peak, more paragliders directly above me and now within shouting range. Though the ...