Blogs from South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 107

I left France today to head into Geneva, Switzerland. The train ride over was interesting. I apparently was on the wrong section of train. The conductor did not speak English and I do not speak French. She knew one of the passengers and had him to explain what I needed to do. The train split in Ax-le-Ban. I was not on the correct section to go into Switzerland. The guy got of the train and showed me to the correct car. The people were very understanding and most seemed willing to help out. Merci to the french. The Hotel Warwick was my final destination for my trip. The hotel is located very close to the train station in Geneva. I walked across to it and checked into my room. I decided to walk around the city ... read more

Switzerland is honestly a place that you have to see to believe its utter beauty. It is an amazing place, and Interlaken was a great choice of place to stay right in the middle of the snow-covered Swiss Alps. The three hour drive from Milan to Interlaken turned into a 9.5 hr drive when we were stopped in traffic jam after traffic jam - people even got out of their cars and set up picnics! Once we got off the motorway, and was driving through the Alps, the scenery was spectacular and breathtaking and the roads very narrow and winding. Sometimes the steep drops got a little too close jumping out at the car every now and then We spent the first day just strolling around Interlaken. Again, flat and accessible, good shopping and most importantly, ... read more

By chance we were in Switzerland on this national holiday of theirs. The cheese smell wafting through the main part of Interlaken came from a few vendors who broil a certain type of cheese and scrape the gooey meltedness onto bread for consumption. The parade was full of folk costumes, music and farm animals. A large procession of massive cows donning bells and flowered headpieces were at the front of the parade. Street sweepers soon followed. There were a few marching bands, alpenhorn players, the cow bell ringing club (no joke), prancing horses and the fire brigade cooling down the audience. The end of the parade was brought in by three beer advertising semi trucks, sadly no samples were given out. The fireworks display at night was another impressive show. Much oohing and aahing. Then the ... read more

Avg temp: 28 I decided to skip belgium and head to Swiss. Mainly it is too hot and I want to see the mountain. I went to Interlaken. Those mountain are very very beautiful. I did a 2.5 hours hike and then I took a cable car to the mountain and had a lunch there. I met a Korean girl. We helped each other to take pics. SHe is very funny. She screamed all the time when she saw beautiful view. She wanted me to do the peace sign. I refused to do it After the expensive lunch, I cooked my dinner that night. I met a few people in the kitchen. There are 2 californian, 3 other canadian and 1 mid west. We had a great time chatting and went to the bar that night. ... read more

From Lacanau we headed east, across France to Switzerland, 7 hours driving, one currency change and Hello Lake Geneva! We stayed in a little town right on the lake called Nyon. It was such a pretty place. Where we stayed was pretty posh, lots of Porches in car park. We were that stuffed from driving that we just went to the restaurant in the hotel. There were all these fireworks and bungers going off in the park next door right in fromt of the Marina, we went to investigate and they had a massive bonfire on what is normally the skateboard ramp. Trying to figure our what it was the most interesting thing I could come up with was that it was 1st August so it must be the official beginning of school holidays and kids ... read more