Blogs from Berne, North-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 7

We made a rather hurried dash from the hotel in Paris to the pickup point for the bus, I call bullshit on the 4km google maps said it was. We got there dead on 8am to find a big blue bus with no one around. At least we werent late. Jumped on the bus and made our way out of Paris through the crazy Parisian traffic. Was good once we hit the express way and started heading through the farms and stuff east of Paris. Quite pretty with the odd castle looking thing every half hour or so. Made it into Bern about 7ish, and hiked up through the town to the backpackers we were staying at. Hotel Glocke is in the old part of town with the cobblestone streets and old buildings and tonnes of ... read more

Rather than attempting to edit and amend my earlier posts, I will simply slog onward through the rush of events. The class is now complete, and my hat is done. (But I don't have a picture of me wearing it!) I had hoped to visit the Freiamter Strohmuseum (straw museum) Wohlen in Aargau, near Zurich. But the Saturday hours are brief, and the transport details are too slim, allowing only an hour — IF I find my way in a timely fashion. So I will visit there Sunday, when all the factors are more inviting. And then, homeward, Monday morning. Today, I will hang out at the school and the Ballenberg museum grounds to make one more entry on the terrific cultural attractions of the museum. The weather is a bit misty here in this Alpine ... read more

Spinning Gold from Straw It's great to have a purpose for traveling, rather than merely wandering the lonely planet. My wife and I once went on a driving excursion around New England, searching for the best hot dog. We researched the topic first, and then set off to taste the results of our query. This shaped our itinerary, and added some sense of direction. Having a theme for that vacation made it all the more enjoyable. As my first post explains, I have this terrible need to replace a favorite hat by making one with my own hands. Where does desire originate? Dunno. But, the question engages me. Contemplation is life. And why would anyone want to spin gold from straw, when straw is already so beautiful on its own? Yours truly, Rumpelstiltskin ... read more

20th March 2009 in Fribourg/Berne On the March 17th I finally reached Berne and stayed there one day, that is, I stayed in a village called Zäziwil because, for the parliament's spring session no hotel rooms were available in Berne. The hotel I in Zäziwil is called Unique Hotel Appenberg and is just wonderful. As I had never really been in Berne I made a tourist excursion on March 18 and that was a really wonderful day. I walked through the old town and just relaxed. The next day I took off at 10am with the aim to reach Fribourg at around 7pm. Unfortunately, the blisters on my feet which started forming on the 17th became so bad that I had to stop the walk at around 4pm and take the train to Fribourg. So there ... read more

erst jetzt ein mitglied von travel blog geworden; mal schauen, ob ich mir die zeit und mühe nehme, dann beim reisen ab und zu mich vor den compi hocke, und die gelduld übe vor den oft mega ultralangsamen internetverbindungen in indien. mal gucken. namasteji. ;-) nun das fahrrad ist schon seit einem monat bereit, verpackt mit allen feinheiten und equipment was ich brauche, nun bete ich das alles mit dem transport klappt, und nichts kaputt geht. sonst kann ich mir ein indisches 3 gang fahrrad der marke hero kaufen, und das macht dann nicht so viel spass auf den indischen strassen und nochdazu sind die total schwer. also ich bete. also, ich bin selber auch schon gespannt, ob ich es auf dieser reise schaffe, ein paar fotos hochzuladen, kurze berichte schreibe, ........mal schauen und sonst gibts ... read more