Hotel Le Chamois Garni Leukerbad

... werden we verast met een dik pak sneeuw!!
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:)

Zeer fijn waren onze mooie nieuwe waterdichte en dus warme bergschoenen!

De volgende dag stond ondanks de nieuwe sneeuw welke de nacht gevallen was, wederom de Eggerhorn op het ...

... town feel of banff or lake louise. It was cool at first but us Canadians definitely didn't take long to adjust to the coolness. It was nice to be in a town with fresh air...away from the exhaust fumes and crazy hustle and bustle of city life. So we began our walk...it seemed a little far at the time, but we ended up finding it no problem and a bank on the way...didn't take too long really to get to the hostel. We dropped our bags off and ...

... the mornin just like Carcassonne... It was still dark, we waited in the train station for about 1 hour to let it get a little light out... we then started walkin to the hostel... it was actually quite easy to find... the directions they gave were good this time, good job Hostel World! We were able to put our bags in storage and then we went adventurin... we took the train up a mountain to a small village... it was just a small ski village (I ...

This morning we set out for the famous Swiss Alps. Think Sound of Music. Yes, I know that was set in Austria, but think of the setting nonetheless. We took a morning train from Zurich to Interlaken, where we would spend the night. The approach into the Alps was breathtaking. Technically it's breathtaking in more ways than one, because at the higher altitudes it does become a little more difficult to breath, but not as noticable as I've ...

... did a small but nice hike in the mountains the next day. It’s crazy how you lose your hiking skills really quickly. I felt like i was going to fall over every step I took. All over the valley, we could see para-sailers in the sky, it would have been awesome to try except it the damage was at least $170 each... bummer.

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Now that Ed has left, I have lots of free time to blog, so I'll get all caught up soon. At least I hope so, because I'm so far behind that it feels like a huge chore.
So, last Tuesday, I taught my classes of course and Ed slept in and then went to Co-op, if I remember right. During 4th hour, a bunch of the workers at the school came by my classroom with a ton of boxes. Because my classroom is closest to the parking lot, they store stuff in there all the time. There are always people in my ...

... sheep get muddy and wash up easily. As my clothes are drying I go to the breakfast room to write up some postcards. There I meet Dan. He's from the USA and is a photographer. He's asking Debby, the front desk clerk, what they can do this late in the day. She mentions the Harder Tram. I tell him that with the clear skies he should get some awesome photos. I also meet Liz. She's also an amateur photographer from the USA but is currently working in Germany. Her and Dan just ...

... waterfalls coming out of the mountains all around us and a pretty neat scene. We made our way to Trummelbach Falls. Wait til you see the pics (hopefully will come out) and joseph's videos. You take an elevator into the mountain a number of stories up and then climb a few more. What you see is just massive amounts of water flushing thru the inside of a mountain, 20000 liters a second I think. It was so cold in there ...

... hard to capture from a moving train. I'd heard that Switzerland is very clean, and it's so true. You just don't see trash or rubbish around anywhere. Everything is very green and lush. I highly recommend the Lucerne to Interlaken train ride. Interlaken is right in between two lakes: Brienzersee and Thunersee, hence the name. Of course, there's mountains all around it, and some huge waterfalls nearby. One place, I saw 3 or 4 ...

... shops. We go to our favourite Co-op store for the last time to stock up on supplies for the long train journey to Venice tomorrow morning. Swiss humour, I guess... Coming up: 15. Venice - water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink... 16. Of secret itineraries and ghost walks... 17. The glassmakers and the lace makers...(Or Marco our Gondola man)