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Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Vitznau June 20th 2018

Fantastic. The weather has settled to a bright blue gorgeousness and we are in the best possible location to enjoy it. The backdrop to campsite is the beautiful Mount Rigi and today is the day to get up and there enjoy its offerings. No Kisbee needed as it was only a step down to the lakeside where we jumped aboard the red train on the cog railway to take us to the top of the mountain. Great timing, arrived at the station just a couple of minutes before the train, which runs hourly, departed and got prime window seats in a open sided carriage. Stunning views of the lake and surroundings as we climbed higher and higher up Mount Rigi. Nearer the top there are three or four station stopping points. One is the changeover for ... read more
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Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Vitznau June 20th 2018

Scooter day today so went left from the campsite along the lake towards Brunnen. We went that way as it was the way we had intended to arrive but accidentally came in the other way round the lake. Also Bob had discovered an interesting place to visit at the end of that bit of lake, Schwyz, which is the originating town of the Canton and where Switzerland got its name. Lovely day but we were initially scootering along the lake, a little up from the edge and under the shelter of the rocky base of Mount Rigi. It was really chilly and Bob had to stop to put his sweater on. Much better later as we dropped back down to the lakeside and got into the sun again. A pretty drive, this is such a lovely ... read more
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Europe » Switzerland » North-East » Vitznau June 18th 2018

Not quite sure which way we went today. Certainly in several places not the way the Tomtom was directing us. We got away from the Chur campsite promptly and were glad to leave it behind. Rather wished we had not bothered going a little out of our way to stay there. The railway trip we had planned from there for today was better replaced with a more attractive campsite for the night, somewhere else. Had to use the motorway to get us well out of Chur as it is just one big industrial valley, not what we travel around to see. The clouds were well down over the mountain tops as it rained for a while in the night but in places the cloud was so mixed with the emissions from the factories we passed we ... read more
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