Blogs from Solothurn, North-West, Switzerland, Europe
July 16th 2011
Yesterday was a "stay around" day of shopping, cleaning, a walk up the Lauterbrunnen Valley from Zweilutschenen, and helping Mariann - not worth a writeup. Today, Mariann phoned to say that going to Fribourg with her was off as she has injured her leg and needs to go to the Doctor. Since B&G recommended Solothurn as an interesting place to visit, we headed there. It is northwest of Bern towards Basel and on the Aare River. Solothurn Old Town is classified as Switzerland's most beautiful baroque city. It has a wall surrounding it that also includes the houses as part of the defence, several arched gates, the wall itself, a past moat, several watch towers and a vibrant centre with lovely old buildings and many fountains. There are the usual museums and churches to visit if ... read more
Switzerland, Germany and Denmark
Published: November 5th 2009Europe » Switzerland » North-West » Solothurn
November 5th 2009
The first week in July saw us heading back to Switzerland for Kathrin and Martin’s wedding - straight after the Big 60th Birthday Bash - but that’s another Blog!! We flew in to Zurich on the Wednesday and were very kindly picked up by Sheila and Julio who also gave us a bed for the night - thanks guys. The next day we took the tram into town then caught the train to Solothurn where K and M picked us up - they were, understandably, doing all of the last minute running around including signing papers to buy the family home. However, it was a nice time to catch up with them (hadn’t had much of a chance at the party!) and later that night Kathrin went into town to pick up Brendan and Renee who ... read more
October 31st 2008
Juhuiiiii der Countdown läuft...in nicht weniger als 6 Stunden heisst es aufstehen und ab zum Flughafen :-). Was in den letzten Wochen und Monaten akribisch geplant und vorbereitet wurde, findet endlich seinen Anfang. Die Anreise wird lang werden. Zuerst 9 Stunden Flug nach New York, anschliessend das langwierige Immigration Prozedere (auch für Transit Passagiere - kann es nur in den USA geben!), falls die Zeit noch reicht eine kleine Stärkung bevor wir uns wieder in die Flugzeugsitze quetschen und weitere 5 Stunden ausharren müssen bevor wir schliesslich das Etappenziel San Jose erreichen werden. Nach 1 Nacht in San Jose trennen sich die Wege von Carla und mir. Ich werde per Bus nach Tamarindo reisen, wo ich die nächsten 7 Wochen verbringen werde und Carla fährt nach Samara. Soooooo, und jetzt ab ins Bett ansonsten läuft Gefahr, ... read more
