Blogs from Locarno, South-East, Switzerland, Europe
March 29th 2012
Tessin, 28. März 2012 Der Winter hat sich zum Glück verabschiedet und wir hatten schon ein paar sonnige und frühlingshafte Tage in Beringen auf unserer Terrasse genossen. Unser Wohnmobil hat den teilweise doch recht harten Winter, geschützt unter einem Dach, gut überstanden. Nur die Batterien verlangten nach ein paar Amperchen. Der Frühjahrsputz ist erledigt, der Motor hat eine frische Füllung Öl bekommen, der Reifendruck ist kontrolliert und der Frischwassertank gefüllt. Unsere erste Tour, führt uns einmal mehr in den schönen Tessin. Wir verbringen in Locarno auf dem Campingplatz Delta einige schöne Tage. Das Wetter ist herrlich, am Tag so um die 22°C. In der Nacht fällt das Thermometer so gegen 9°C. Unser erster Ausflug führte uns nach Ascona. Oftmals nahmen wir für den Rückweg das Kursschiff, doch leider fahren die Schiffe erst ab April, so mussten ... read more
October 1st 2011
Locarno, 01.10.2011. Wir haben Heute einmal die Hauptstrassen von Locarno verlassen und uns in Gegenden umgesehen, die wir noch nie vorher besucht hatten. Locarno hat auch abseits der Arkaden und der Seepromenade viel Sehenswertes zu bieten. ... read more
September 24th 2011
Locarno, 24.09.2011. Locarno hat uns am Donnerstag mit sommerlichen Temperaturen empfangen. Am Nachmittag als wir ankamen zeigte das Thermometer 25°C. Wir stehen wieder auf dem Campingplatz Delta. Der Platz ist für uns ideal gelegen. Zu Fuss gelangt man in etwa 20 Minuten in die Stadt. Er liegt an der Mündung der Maggia. Dort wo sie in den See mündet hat sie einen grossen Kiesstrand abgelagert, welcher von den Gleitschirmspringern als Landeplatz genutzt wird. Seit wir hier sind musste unsere Heizung im Wohnmobil nicht mehr laufen. Am frühen Morgen messen wir im Wohnmobil jeweils Temperaturen zwischen 18° und 20°C. ... read more
Canyoning - aka: Jumping in Waterfalls
Published: August 14th 2011Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Locarno » Ascona
August 14th 2011
Before I start on the cool adventure known as canyoning, let me first start with one of the annoyances of Switzerland. I know, who would have thought there would be anything annoying about Switzerland, but I am certain that you will side with me after you hear about this. Reading a book on buses in Switzerland is impossible. Besides the beauty of the countryside that captures your attention, tunnels not made to have sufficient lighting to read books infest all of Switzerland. You might be able to read for about five minutes before you enter another tunnel without sufficient book reading lighting. This should not be a big issue - tunnels are great. I hope to live in a tunnel one day just to show my love of tunnels. It becomes a big issue when these ... read more
Family, Football, Swiss Smiles and Volcanoes
Published: April 21st 2010Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Locarno
March 29th 2010
Fifa, Family and Friends I had the Cup in my hands! A dream, a childhood fantasy, fulfilled for a fleeting flight of floating fancy! No disappointed emotional reactions... no regrets of unfulfilled expectations, no suffering... just curiosity. Hmmm! I must be getting somewhere! Oh, well! What did we expect way back when, would we expect it today? Would we want it now? What do we expect now for later? Will we want it then? Are there any expectations for right now? Is that even possible? I was expecting to leave for Ethiopia via London last Thursday, thanks to Iceland, I had to re-direct, re-think, re-plan... at least I have learned not to re-expect! So now, the metamorphosis of a small venture into a full-blown organisation with a re-arrangement of itinerary, dates and composition. We are now ... read more
June 4th 2009
Italy to Switzerland (Ascona) We finally got to Locarno, a little bit later then planned….my cousin Victoria was there to pick us up. We were originally supposed to arrive at 7pm, however after a missed connection do to the riot in Italy (see our last post!) we didn’t actually get in until about 10:30 and it was still about 20c defo warm enough for shorts and t-shirt!. Victoria took us by bus from Locarno to Ascona where she lives and works. This is the Italian part of Switzerland and if you didn’t know better, you really would think you were still in Italy. We dropped our stuff off at Vic’s place and then we went for a drink which was a relatively quick one seeing as Penny and I were on the verge of falling asleep ... read more
March 14th 2009
Date of travel: Friday, March 13th The amazing thing about continental Europe is that it is so close and compact that you can take a daytrip to another country. Yesterday (Friday), I did not have any class so this is exactly what I did. I started planning this trip at 11pm on Thursday night and did not have enough time to tell anybody about it so I went by myself. This was probably a good thing because the first train of the day was at the crack of dawn and I wanted to be on it. I woke up at 5am and hopped right out of bed. I was so excited to go to Switzerland that I hardly got any sleep the night before. My desination was Locarno, Switzerland and since the train was scheduled to ... read more
July 1st 2008
Hi all, we are leaving Locarno this morning, apparently it is the playground of the super-rich, no wonder everything is so exxy here. Last night we met two Swiss girls on holiday, we went out for drinks at a cafe in town and then went down to the park by the lake, I talked to a lot of locals who were pleased to be able to practice their english as it is required teaching at the schools here. Everyone has to learn english and german. The swiss are very friendly people and they do not have criminal activity on the streets like in Aus. A very safe place to walk around at night. We get on the train to Zurich in a couple of hours, a four hour train trip, then we will deecide if we ... read more
Day trip to Briga via Domodossola
Published: June 30th 2008Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Locarno
June 30th 2008
Hello, just got back from a trip to Briga, we had to pass through Italy again so we can say we've been there twice. The police che4cked our passports but not the girls sitting opposite us, she said are we criminals, I said yes, we are from Australiaq, it's full of criminals. We had lunch in Briga, then came back via the Gotthard Pass. Enjoy the pics. Byee.... read more
June 29th 2008
Hi all, after a fiasco at the Como train station this morning with the tickets, we were sold tickets for the train that was leaving as I was paying for them. So, a two hour wait for the next one to come along. Arrived in Locarno at 3pm, mowst 0of the day shot to pieces. Tomorrow we go to Brig, via Domodossola, and return to Locarno via the Gotthard Pass. We have a few hours in Brig, long enough to look around and do lunch at the Hotel Du-Pont. More news tomorrow. Byee.... read more
