Category: travel series

  • Our trips 2015, part 1

    Our trips 2015, part 1

    Dear Readers, Happy New Year ! This is our first post of 2016. It is almost a tradition of this blog – the first post takes a look back at some of the places we visited last year. Click on links, where provided to read more about the places of interest. There are usually a series…

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  • Our trips 2014 – part 2

    Our trips 2014 – part 2

    H a p p y  2015 ! Now that we are back from our year-end vacation, we are taking a look back at some of the places we visited last year. This is the second of two posts; Part 1 is here. The photos are organized in reverse chronological order. Some of the trips are business trips…

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  • Our trips 2014 – part 1

    Our trips 2014 – part 1

    Dear Readers, Happy New Year ! This is our first post of 2015. It is time to take a look back at some of the places we visited last year. Some of you who knew me from New York probably think, judging from the posts here, that since we left for Switzerland, we travel a…

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  • Jungfrau circuit #5: Grindelwald

    Jungfrau circuit #5: Grindelwald

    This is the last post in the series on this delightful one-day tour of the Jungfrau area. Our trip started at Lauterbrunnen (click to see the first post of the series). From Interlaken Ost station to Jungfraujoch, one way, it took about 2.5 hours and two changes of train. But we came down the mountain…

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  • Jungfraujoch – Ice Palace

    Jungfraujoch – Ice Palace

    This is Jungfrau Circuit #4 post. Jungfraujoch is an under-mountain railway station where the mountain train terminates and one can use it as a starting point and take different routes to explore the area.  Click on the 2D topographical map below to access an interactive version on the Swiss government map site. For the 100-year…

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  • Jungfraujoch – the Top of Europe

    Jungfraujoch – the Top of Europe

    This is Jungfrau Circuit #3 – our train journey to the Top of Europe. See part 1 and part 2, here and here. Our train continued to climb slowly upwards at an angle that was alarming although it was not physically uncomfortable. Our ears felt differently however given the rapid gain in altitude. After Eigerwand, the…

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