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Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Locarno » Ascona April 9th 2014

Locarno, 30. März - 6. April 2014 Pünktlich mit beginn der Sommerzeit starteten wir am Sonntag den 30. März unsere Reisesaison 2014. Wie üblich führte uns unsere erste Reise für ein paar Tage in die Sonnenstube der Schweiz, in das Tessin. Wir fuhren am Sonntag bei herrlichem Sonnenschein gemütlich (ohne störende Lastwagen) via „Axenstrasse“ dem Vierwaldstädtersee entlang und durch den St. Gotthard. Den Tunnel passierten wir so zügig wie noch selten. Beim Südportal lag im Vergleich zum Norden noch viel Schnee. Diesen Winter hatte der Tessin ja jede Menge davon abgekommen. Doch je tiefer wir fuhren desto grüner wurde es. Auch die Temperatur stieg von anfänglich 12 auf bis zu 21°C. In Locarno stehen wir wie immer auf Campingplatz Delta. Nachdem wir unser Wohnmobil abgestellt hatten besuchten wir noch den Kameliengarten, welcher sich neben dem Campingplatz ... read more
Campingplatz Delta in Locarno
Im Tal blühen die Magnolien, die Bergspitzen sind noch schneebedeckt
Annemarie im Kamelienpark

Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Locarno » Ascona May 21st 2013

Switzerland was just by far my favorite place on this Eurotrip. It took us 16 hours by train to arrive in Switzerland from Paris-Leon. We had a bit of trouble locating the exact spot in Switzerland I was trying to get to. I wanted this very specific town that is home to Diga Verzascas. This is the famous 007 Bungee jump from The James Bond Movie "Skyfall". It is the second highest in the world, first being the ones in Victoria Falls, Africa. Anyways, back to the train. So we are taking a train through Switzerland and our train stops at this military academy of some sorts.. (I didn't even know the Swiss had a military) and a platform full of boys get on the train. There were so many guys that got on the train ... read more
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Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Locarno » Ascona July 25th 2012

The next morning, the guys are only working half a day before we head back towards Geneva, so I set out on foot (much safer) to find the town by the lake called Ascona. There are about four towns that all seem to converge at the lake. One thing about this area, is that you're so close to Italy, but you're in Switzerland so French and Italian are both spoken everywhere and you're also close enough to Germany to have vacationers there, so you hear plenty of German as well. Now I've gotten slightly beyond the salutations of either French or Italian, but you throw German in the mix and no idea of what to say to whom, and I just pretty much smiled and a little head nod and that's the best I could manage! ... read more
countryside
more countryside
driving views

Europe » Switzerland » South-East » Locarno » Ascona August 14th 2011

Before I start on the cool adventure known as canyoning, let me first start with one of the annoyances of Switzerland. I know, who would have thought there would be anything annoying about Switzerland, but I am certain that you will side with me after you hear about this. Reading a book on buses in Switzerland is impossible. Besides the beauty of the countryside that captures your attention, tunnels not made to have sufficient lighting to read books infest all of Switzerland. You might be able to read for about five minutes before you enter another tunnel without sufficient book reading lighting. This should not be a big issue - tunnels are great. I hope to live in a tunnel one day just to show my love of tunnels. It becomes a big issue when these ... read more




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