Minotel La Prairie Crans-Montana

... 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.

... room, toilets and showers to myself. I rarely saw anyone and reception was really nice. I then headed to Cully to try the famous Lavaux walk but caught a train that didn't make all the stops so I ended up at Lausanne again. I decided to take a bit of a walk, making my way through Pully and then to Letvy where I caught the train to Cully. The view was great but the vineyards that I stumbled across in Letvey were better because there was noone around and you could really smell the wine.

... s purse being snatched as the train pulled away. It was kind of odd because the thief was well dressed with shopping bags and wearing expensive high heeled boots, which made me really despise her. It was almost funny watching this little old lady charge after this worried woman trying to run, if it had not made me feel so rotten inside to see it. When I arrived in Lausanne I was unapproachable, I did not want to see another human being.
I did see Geneva lake as I sat in the rain.

... the snow. I was lucky enough to see a couple of Golden Eagles hat flew over me. They were massive. As I climbed up another point of the mountain I bypassed a couple of blokes climbing up to the path after taking the wrong direction (there was a fork in the path, luckily I chose the right one). It was very difficult for them but they said they would make it. I hope they were ok. At some points there is only a rope while you balance yourself on the edge of a cliff and ...

... its own way as I watched the man ahead disappear into the cloud. After ten minutes my fingers were ready to drop off so I went back down. An expensive ride but at least I tried. The weather is supposed to be great tomorrow...hoping. That is why I gave this place three days. September and October still remain the best months to visit. However, later in the afternoon, the rain stopped and the clouds broke away so I went for a 1.15 hour hike down to ...

... Bill said how elated he was with our surroundings, and I can’t disagree either. We were right up close to the three famous mountains of the region (Jungfrau, Monch, and Eiger), Europe’s highest train station, and the place where 007 movie “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” was filmed. After gradually gaining 1000m in altitude, we found ourselves at the top of a very ...

... be back here again sometime in the future. To those of you reading this that are planning a trip, stay in the Lauterbrunnen Valley or in one of the surrounding villages accessible by cable car. Interlaken is nice, but is so touristy and doesn't have nearly the Wow factor that you get from driving just 20km further up the Valley. We are sad to be leaving Switzerland after such a great 3 days here. We love the Swiss especially for the great fun they ...

Another quick entry, I am in a Swiss pub because that's where I found free internet. It's loud here. The drive was long but very prettz. sorrz about the bad spelling the letter z and the letter y are switched on the Swiss keyboard. Anzwaz. The drive was a lot like the drive out to banff. just more ...

... owns a gun. Everyone pays to own a tv and/or radio - 400CHF/year for one year. The local municipality office must be informed if you move, and foreigners must check in once a year. Tax & tip is included Swiss Pass - 37.5CHF Lausanne to Montreux - 20 minutes - 9.8CHF (return) Lausanne to Interlaken 8:20am-12:15pm - 26.5CHF Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen - 3.30CHF Interlaken to Luzern 7:08pm-9:05pm - 14.5CHF Luzern to Zurich 1:35pm-2:46pm - 11CHF Zurich to Munich 1:16pm-5:28pm - 80CHF