12 September 2019 Not far from Brienz is the Ballenberg open air museum which includes examples of mainly rural buildings from all over Switzerland. What impressed us was the number and variety of the structures that had been re-constructed on this valley side site with wonderful mountain vistas beyond. It took us over four hours to see it all. From there we drove the few kilometres to the small town of Meiringen.... read more

10 September 2019 Today we took the hour long journey up to the summit of the Rothorn mountain at an altitude of 2130m on the only steam driven cog railway in use in Switzerland. It has been in service since 1892. The trains use 350 kilos of coal and 2000 litres of water for the return journey and travel at 9km/h. We walked down from the summit to the middle station at Planalp on a path which was quite rough and steep at times. Wendy felt this was at the limit of her capability but was pleased to have completed it. The signpost said it was a 1hr. 50m route but it took us 4 hours to complete! James and Gail, a motorbiking couple, had been camped next to us for a couple of days and ... read more

08 September 2019 The hope of fine weather did not materialise as it rained on and off all day. But undeterred we walked along the lake front promenade into Brienz and admired the dark timber chalets and wood carved statues the town is famous for.... read more

O6 September 2019 Cloud continued to obscure the mountains so after I had made the short walk to a viewing platform behind the Staubbachfall, we moved to a pleasant campsite in the valley below Grindelwald. We had time when we got there for a pleasant stroll around the town.... read more

04 August 2019 There is a cog railway which starts in Lauterbrunnen at an altitude of 796m and runs steeply via Wengen (1247m), and Kleine Scheidegg (2016m) to arrive via a tunnel in the Eiger at Jungfraujoch(3454m) on the saddle between the Mönch and Jungfrau and the highest station in Europe. As the weather forecast was good for the day, we had booked tickets for the trip, but unfortunately Wendy had an upset stomach, so I made the journey on my own. I caught the 7.35 train which arrived at Jungfraujoch at 9.05. The next 3 hours were spent admiring the view of the surrounding peaks and 23k long Aletsch Glacier from the Sphinx meteorological station, walking up to the Mönchsjochhütte at 2650m and being amazed at the number of other tourists who turned up as ... read more