Blogs from South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 105

Interlaken reminded me of Boulder because it is right at the base of mountains -- except here there are cows in the middle town that are so cute! . It was so beautiful here and the best part is I got to go skydiving over the Swiss Alps! I have a video of the whole thing to which totally freaked my parents out... The people I met here were really cool too -- everyone was going skydiving or bungee jumping or ice climbing or something crazy -- almost all the people I met on other parts of my trip had been here and made friends with the same American girl that had moved there -- it really is a small world... ... read more

Geo: 46.488, 6.7898Bought some yogurt for breakfast - pomegranate - goooooooood! Almond yogurt - gooooooood! Off to the train station. Walked through a week-end market on the way. Too bad I had no time to browse - it looked pretty good. Grabbed a great sandwich for the train - chicken cutlet, served in an excellent, crisp cheese bun. Heavenly ... until I bit into the centre filled with curry sauce. Curry sauce seems to be a favourite in German regions. It actually wasn't that bad, but I prefer it without. Rode on a nice double-decker train with couches, tables, and sofas - positively luxurious! The Swiss countryside was bathed in fog today - it's funny because fog would normally dull its appearance. But today, it actually enhanced its beauty. Off to the French-speaking region of Switzerland. ... read more

Geo: 46.7243, 8.34036Had breakfast and then said goodbye to John and Nugget before going off to the train station. While I was there ... I saw the Sardinia lady! She was the one that was looking after her sister's B&B in Oristano. Small world - I guess she lives in Florence. She also recognized me, but we had that whole "I know you ... but I don't know from where" moment as she walked by in the train station. I managed to blurt out "Sardinia!" in Italian when I realized where she was from. Apparently, she works with Japanese people and thought I might have been one of her previous clients. Anyway, I thought it was a cool story.Didn't get enough sleep last night (this has been a theme for the past several evenings) and wanted ... read more

Run 26.2 miles up to Kleine Scheidegg!? It's killer just to walk it. But thousands of runners have done just that, each year, for the past 14 years. It was an amazing thing to watch. This year the race was held on Sept. 9 and it was a beautiful, sunny, cool day. Just perfect for a long race. We were at the start in Interlaken and watched as over 1000 runners passed us on their way to Bonnigen on Lake Brienz. From there they started the uphill climb to Wengen and continued on to Kleine Scheidegg. As for us, we caught the train up to the finish, had lunch, and positioned ourselves at the finish line in plenty of time to see the first arrivals. Most of the race follows a slow steady climb upwards to ... read more

Salut tout le monde... Eh oui ca y est c'est bientôt l'hiver et pour cette saison j'ai choisi Verbier dans le Valais...L'ambiance malgré le fait de l'hors saison est vraiment sympa mais il est difficile de rencontrer de vrais bagnards alors je perfectionne mon anglais avec les suedois et les anglais...Petite dédicace pour une personne toute chou que j'ai rencontrée et si nos chemins se sont enfin croisés c'est pas par hasard...A bientot pour les nouvelles je viens d'arriver alors pas encore beaucoup de photos...maintenant on attend plus que la neige...une chose est sure j'ai trouvé un petit coin de paradis...... read more