Swiss Village Inn

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... a bottle of Saint Emilion Grand Cru 1998 to pair with our food. If you remember from our earlier entry this is the village we stayed in while in the Bordeaux valley. It was epic!  Day four, is today and since everything is closed in ...

... Bern and transferred to another one  destined for Interlaken. Next thing we knew, we arrived to the nicest village I've ever seen, nestled in a valley in the Swiss Alps, with not a care in the world, or a hostel booked. The air was crisp and ...

... be house-bound. That night I had my first French lesson. The teacher, Héléne, is an interesting woman from a neighboring village. She raises llamas and speaks four languages, fluently. She has curly silver hair that falls half way down her back. A ...

... 't be captured well on camera, but I've uploaded just a few pics so you can see a little. After that, we drove to the small village of Stechelberg, where the road ends and the only way to explore the rest of the valley is on foot.  So we set out on a ...

... we saw peaks rising, and made much use of the sunroof that stretched nearly the entire length of the cabin. At the small village of Wassen, Switzerland (pop ~450), we headed exited the autobahn for the west-heading highway 11, a two-lane road that wound ...

... , Monch, and Jungfrau peaks. We took our time on the hike and after about 4 hours we ended up in Murren a beautiful little village high up in the alps.. We then took the cable car and train back to interlaken where we spend the evening doing laundry and ...

... use of their toilets with a purchase.  Public toilets would, of course, be unheard of in such a small village – our European friends have survived for centuries, millennia even, without this patented American luxury. The Romans apparently ...

... cows, sheep, and a curious fox who watched us from a safe distance. The rain let up, and we reached our car in the village refreshed by our morning sojourn. Leaving Lauterbunnen, my intent was to drive through Meiringen, a town we’ve often used as a ...

... if you actually want to get checked into your room. We were staying above a bar and the owner of the Inn kept handing out free beer's whenever the Swiss scored (Pete was content, but I was even more sick and yes, a little grumpy) and the owner couldn't ...

... to groups) to cook our dinner - leek soup, pasta bolognese with tuna followed by oranges. We took a quick walk around the village and the campsite, which had an interesting sculpture walk then back to the room for a cup of tea, rearranging panniers and ...

... nbsp; Afternoon - drove to Brienz for a look at woodcarvings and on the way back drove up to Grindenwald for a quick look at the village. Sat 9th Sept - this was the day of the Jungfrau Marathon so we decided to have a day out - drove over to Gruyeres ...

... for winter olympics so snowboarding and skating are prominent winter activities. Once we left this great place, it was on to the village of <Kufstein and then an impromptu stop in Kossanluch for lunch, afer a parking ticket forced a wait to pay same ...

... all, it makes me think of a small Oklahoma farm town circa 1900 or so. Minus the mopeds of course. I'm staying at the Golden Village Inn, where for $10 a night I get a large room with A/C, TV, en suite bathroom and mini-fridge. They rent bicycles for ...

... loss in altitude) we easily made our way to Rhodes Town via public transit and found our home for the next few days, the New Village Inn (aka "George’s", which was the name of the owner). Given the late hour, we were quick to drop our bags and find ...

... that had come down out of the forest. The trip to Te Anua is scenic traffic free and sealed all the way. We booked into the Village Inn, thanks to Anita for the excellent advice about where to eat and shop. We had booked to travel over the lake to the ...

... control. The scenery was awesome. We stopped at a really lovely town called Ouray for lunch. It was just like an old swiss village. It was very high and snow was still quite near the road at times. From there to Gunnison we passed different ...

... felt, so he should never complain. I though about this, and pushed myself up, and carried on. At the top was our saviour. The Swiss Tourist inn. We walked in, grabbed a bed, and was home for the night. Luckily for us, they had a hot shower. And I do mean ...

... until midnight, stopping in Lucerne, Switzerland. The next day we spent the morning wandering around Lucerne -- a cute little Swiss village with 2 covered bridges, beautiful frescos on the buildings, and a nice crafts market and farmer's ...

... in droves, bringing their noise with them, for some fresh air and down time. Berestagi is the Sumatran version of a Swiss village, minus the snow. Pointy-roofed houses, uniquely Batak style from the local Taro highland tribe, nestle in the hills ...