Blogs from Sion, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 2

Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Sion September 23rd 2007

Yes, I've decided to start blogging. I am trying to explain myself 2 things: why didn't I do it before and why am I doing it now. I cant find the Answers. I have no idea. and I don't care (in a different life I would probably go mad over not knowing something but now _ I don't care...I think that its the fact that I don't trust my writing skills, never wanted to write / be a writer / publish my thoughts or ideas. Whenever I was reading other people's blogs or stories I found my self thinking: I wish I could do it, I wish I could write like them. and they are not famous writers. YET. they are normal people. O.k. not normal. they are people. and inspiration. I think that everything is ... read more

Swiss Pieces

Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Sion September 9th 2007

Mattersheep

Boelimia

Hey there, Hope your all doing allright! No long and vague Dutch stories this time. Just some pics from our trip to Switserland! A proof that you don't have to travel half around the world to meet incredible scenary! Greetings Margaux and Hugo ... read more

Obergesteln, Switzerland

Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Sion August 6th 2007

Quite an impressive view from the coach

drbexl

This was my first summer trip with Oak Hall, and this time I'd volunteered to work as a cook. More excited about cooking that housekeeping to be honest, and then we got there, and there it was, not only cooking, but housekeeping too! That is one lot of work - thankfully we had some incredibly helpful guests who helped us out, not only in the kitchen, but with the cleaning, which truly is not (as was not) expected, but THANK YOU! The trip (CH10) was to Obergesteln in Switzerland... a fair coach journey away, including an amazing journey over the Grimmelwald pass (which some found less than amazing, and I guess it is quite twisty!). Slight incident on the way down - you would have thought that the Mercedes could see the coach coming (w... read more

It's a bad idea to get lost!

Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Sion July 13th 2006

A picture with the TMB sign

Anat

I can put it in one word in Hebrew: "hitbarbarnu". The day started fine with muesli for breakfast, and we started to walk to the village of Ferret. I was expecting a nice warm-up as Ferret was only 100m up the valley. Soon, however, the path started to climb and we discovered something was very wrong only after climbing over 200m. We were looking for the way down to Ferret that we saw below us in the valley. Soon there were many people behind us. Everybody made the same mistake (maybe because the signs were bad?) We found a narrow path down and soon enough there was another dilemma: signs that do not match the map and the book. Again there were lengthy discussions with the others, and eventually they all followed our decision to trust ... read more

Tour du Mont Blanc, for real!

Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Sion July 10th 2006

Yeah! here we start!!!

Anat

In fact, we tricked right away... from the beginning... Dana's knees weren't doing very well and after contemplating the whole morning, she asked to take the cable-car to Col du Balme. We climbed several hundred meters in just 15 minutes. Fun... The view from the top is amazing - of course. France is on one side and Switzerland is on the other. A small stone marks the border. Crossing it I can't help thinking of World War 2. Were there any Jews climbing here trying to sneak through to Switzerland? Or maybe this point was too easy to get to and therefore guarded? They definitely couldn't use the cable car, that's one thing I'm sure about. So now we really start walking. A very long descent is ahead of us. As we go the valley opens ... read more

Last view of Chamonix valley (for a while)

Switzerland 2 Chillon /Guinevere and Lancelot - Picture perfect and memories of Liverpool

Europe » Switzerland » South-West » Sion June 6th 2006

Chilon

JenGog

After leaving Lac Leman we drove along the north edge of the lake heading for Chateau de Chillon. The journey was uneventful and we arrived just after lunch and ate at a convenient MacDonalds. Not my favourite choice for eating but it was all that we could find. The chateau is spectacular, an architectural gem set on the edge of the lake and within sight of the Alps. It is the most visited historical monument in Switzerland and it wasnt hard to see why today. The castle and the area around it was full of visitors many Japanese. It is very difficult to think of adjectives to describe this castle built in 1005 - pretty, charming, interesting - the list goes on and on. One can almost imagine Guinevere, King Arthur and Lancelot being inhabitants of ... read more

Brief history of Switzerland

The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years, other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. Switzerland...more history

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