Blogs from North-East, Switzerland, Europe - page 13

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Raining! As forecasted, it is raining. Again. But, maybe tomorrow will be nice and we’ll wake up to blue sky as forecasted – just in time to leave. We were going to go up the Rigi but gave that idea away. We instead went to Brunnen to get groceries for the next couple of days since Switzerland closes on a Sunday and we’ll be going to Grindelwald tomorrow. While in Brunnen we had coffee and cake and a walk around the town despite it being closed since it was after midday. You have to factor in when things close, except cafes which stay open. We were back in Gersau in time to have lunch and just generally relaxing until the rain stopped. Eventually it did so we went off and did a complete explore of Gersau. ... read more

(Na vegre elkeszult a husveti utazasrol szolo blogbejegyzes...kisse lusta vagyok mostanaban :) Egy ideje gondolkodtam mar, hogy el kellene mennem Liechtensteinbe - valahogy misztikusan hangzott. Meg is neztem, hogy lehet oda legkonnyebben eljutni, es a gep kidobta, hogy Zurichen keresztul. Mivel meg ott sem voltam, husvetra beterveztem ezt az utat. Mivel Britanniaban a Nagypentek is munkaszuneti nap, ezert csutortok este repultem, es szerencses modon a London City Airportrol, ami a munkahelyemtol kb 20-30 percre van csak, vagyis kenyelmesebb volt az ut. Egy kellemes vacsorat kovetoen elhelyezkedtem a viszonylag kicsi British Airways repulon (Embraer 170), ahol mindket oldalon ket sorban voltak szekek, de eleg kenyelmes volt az ules. Gurulas kozben lattam valamit, es ez alapjan helyesbitem egy korabbi megjegyzesemet: mikor Amszterdamba repultem, irtam, hogy a gep aljan, oldalt volt ... read more

Today is raining so not a lot of sight seeing can be done. But, a lot of talking and discussing trips and the different cultural and historical differences we have. We also planned for the time we have in Gersau with Neil and Karilyn which changed from some of our original plans. Some good options. In the afternoon we drove to Rorschach on the shore of the Bodensee to visit a new building a art gallery by Wurth who is a very rich German. The building houses his large art collection which is changed from time to time. Despite it being a workplace as well as a gallery the local people can come and go as they wish. It is a huge glass building with a very spartan design inside - nothing that would detract from ... read more

Our taxi arrived a little before 7; we loaded up and were off to Gare de Lyon. We had a long day of train travel ahead, but we would be comfortable. The United States really needs to start investing in high speed trains. If not just for the sheer comfort of the travel at least to reduce the carbon imprint. Trains are much better for the environment than cars or planes. There is as least one train station in every Major European city and most smaller towns are connected by regional train systems. In Paris there are at least 6 major train stations that I can think of off the top of my head. Each station has trains that go in different directions. Gare de Lyon is for trains headed to Switzerland and South Eastern France. ... read more