Blogs from Berne, North-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 11

nun dauert es nicht mehr all zu lange bis ich nach johannesburg abfliege. noch einige tage arbeiten und dann ist es bereits so weit... 5,5 monate im südlichen afrika - kein kalter winter, kein autoscheiben kratzen am morgen, handschuhe und winterkleider kann ich im schrank belassen. wie schön ist doch der gedanke, einmal im leben die für mich ungeliebte winterzeit zu überspringen und sommertemperaturen zu haben. und vor allem: einmal einige monate machen was ich will, wann ich will... nicht das mir mein momentaner job nicht gefällt, aber nach 12 jahren als konstrukteurin bei der firma DT SWISS AG brauche ich temporär etwas neues und zwar etwas ganz anderes. darum habe ich mich entschieden nach den ersten wochen relaxen und reisen ein monat in einem aids waisenheim in südafrika zu arbeiten. eine total neue herausforderung für ... read more

My legs are sore/tired from hiking and my nose is pink from all the sun, but yesterday was a great day! Irena, Suzanne, and I spent the day in the Alps - well the smaller mountains of the Alps that are surrounded by the larger ones. The gods of travel must have been on our side. Our plans for transportation, trains and buses, was very uncertain, but upon arriving in Thun (by train) we found the last bus up the mountains in our needed direction for the day. and it was leaving in 3 minutes! We rode higher and higher on seemingly impossibly narrow roads for our bus to handle. But we still made it to the end of the line all in one piece - the last stop was acutally a retirement center. The start ... read more

Cycling in the Bernese Overland between the French part of Switzerland and the central lakes of Interlaken area.... read more

Leah and I didn’t think Bern would have that much to offer, but we both fell in love with it instantly! We were so intrigued by our bus journey to our hostel, we just wanted to get out and explore this beautiful and quaint city! Our hostel was located just beside the River Aare - what a way to enter the old city! The aqua river was lined with large trees and old Swiss houses, and lead us to the cobbled-stoned streets of central Bern. Leah and I felt like we really had gone back in time, as if nothing had changed here in over 100 years. Large grand flags lined the main street and we soon came across the Zytglogge, the clocktower from 1530 which was once a city gate - we even managed to ... read more

Switzerland The drive to Bern was quite cool, a lot of tunnels so not that much uphill haha lucky van lol. It was quite a quick drive only about and our and a bit. Arriving in Bern I found so many unsecured networks I could almost choose where to park lol. So I settled down for a little while and caught up with my emails and put an add up trying to find another travel partner. After that I Txt the CouchSurfers I was staying with headed off in there direction, sadly I had entered the wrong address somehow and ended up outside Bern and in farm country so after admiring the view and waiting for some cows to be lead from one field to another I was off on my way to the other ... read more