Blogs from South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 109

After yesterday's massive effort, we definitely needed a rest. In a trek, a rest doesn't mean lying on your back to get sun tanned; rather it means a nice and easy walk. This is exactly what we had today. We started with a short descent to the town of Champex with its fine lake. We stocked up with fresh bread and fruit, so we spent maybe half an hour feeding the ducks with yesterday' bread. In the beginning the ducks were pretty far from us, so I went to bring them, leading them with little pieces of bread. It was really funny. (Ron and Dana named the picture “Anat Akka” after the wild geese leader in Selma Lagerlof’s Nils Holgersson). The walk up the valley was partially in the woods and partially between green fields and ... read more

This is supposed to be the most difficult day of the trek, and it better be. I'm sitting now at Relais L'Arpette, after this very long and tough day, and I'm sooo tired. We started before 8am with a nice path, climbing gently up the hill. When we reached Chalet du Glacier at 1583m the path took a steep turn... The higher we went, the steeper it became. No wonder in fact, as we were simply facing a wall in front of us. You look at the wall and it seems absolutely impassable. It's sooo high. The last 400m climb were the hardest. The effort was tremendous. I couldn't believe I could make it but of course there wasn't any choice. Going back wasn't an option. Finally at 1pm we reached the "Fenêtre L'Arpette", a beautiful ... read more

My last night in Aumbach there was a giant thunderstorm and it started a fire somewhere near the town and the local fire brigade was summoned, but german outback style, via means of an air-raid siren. I could have sworn the allies had returned for one last bombing run and it freaked me out. I took it as a good as sign as any that I made a good decision to leave that next morning. The first leg of my european loop; first stop Zurich in Switzerland and then the 'quiet' town of Interlaken in Switzerland. My four fantatic weeks in Bavaria had come to a close and as I took the dog for one final last walk in the woods I realised how much I would miss that place but this was a small section ... read more

Hello! I am currently situated in the town of Interlaken Switzerland. I have been here for a few days now and unfortunately brought the rain with me, but it doesn´t matter because this hostel is awesome. I am probably one of the few Canadians here amongst a midst of "fill in the blank" State" t-shirt wearing Americans, needless to say I get many "Little America" comments, but we all know Vancouver beats Michigan· Dakota· Texas anyday. This place is the extreme sport capital of the world, but due to Bad weather many of the activities have been cancelled. I wasn´t happy to wake up at 7 this morning to find out my canyoning trip had been cancelled, so I went Parasailing instead (only because Sky diving was way out of the budget, and besides, what else ... read more

We are actually righting this entry about 1 month after the fact but will keep the entry dates true to our travels for our own records. We have copped a little abuse about why we have taken so long to create new updates, but it's basically because we didn't want to sit in internet cafes all day when the weather and sights were so beautiful. We are now back in UK and the weather is crap so it's a great time to do some more updates. Anyone who has travelled in Europe and UK will know that when the sun is out you get outdoors, as you never know how long it may last. So back to the blog! 4th July 2006 and apparently on the other side of the Atlantic the Americans are celebrating their ... read more