Blogs from Andermatt, South-East, Switzerland, Europe

I finally got over the Gotthard Pass this afternoon. It was tough going in places, but I managed most of it. Amazingly at one point I managed to pass three cars and a horse driven carriage! I was going slightly faster than the carriage and the drivers were biding their time to make their move. As they waited I sneaked past them on the inside. They graciously left enough space for me. I think I was doing a speedy 8 or 9 kilometres per hour at the time. When I was behind the coach I had to bide my time as well. I didn't think I could keep up a sustained enough burst of speed to pass on the outside. A few yards later I made my move when the road on the inside widened to ... read more

http://www.wanderland.ch/en/routes/route-0676.html This weekend it was off to Overalppass and then over a 2400m+ pass. This was also a perfect weekend for that, warm and sunny. There was a big storm that came Wed - Fri. This storm apparently dumped tonne of snow in the mountains - in middle of July! This became clear as soon as the train stopped at Oberalppass. The snow was visible right at the bottom. At the trail there was a huge map showing the Vier Quelle trail. Unfortunately there was no mention of Tomasee which was our first stop. There were a bunch of people going on this trail, so we started on it too. The trail instantly started climbing steeply and had snow from the start. This was all wrong, the trail was suppose to be flat, slightly downhill for ... read more

What! What! Wake up, its 7:30; uhaaaa! Ok! Ok! Give me a minute. Ok, What is there a problem, yea! We need to get on the road, why! You said last night, we are on the down side of the hill of our vacation. Yes, that is correct. Well we need to get to Zurich to check in. But, our flight isn’t till Saturday, Oh that’s right. Ok, you can rest another 30, minutes. Thanks! Breakfast was good considering the wake-up call I received. Kirsten keeps apologizing for waking me up early. STOP! I want everyone to know today is my brothers birthday. His name is Clayborn, he is named after my Uncle Buster. Happy Birthday Clayborn; love ya and thinking of you along with the years we grew up together. Look forward to seeing you ... read more