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Our trips in 2020
Dear Readers, Happy 2021 ! What a nightmarish year we had. Glad that it is the beginning of a new year. Although the problems are not going away immediately, it is however symbolic that we are all moving on, to a better tomorrow. And we will … It is a tradition on this blog to…

Five Alps mountain passes in two days, part 4
On our second day of this road trip to the Eastern side of Switzerland, we drove from Andermatt (after a detour to Airolo and St Gotthard pass) to St. Moritz. How about a bit of Bach for this stretch of the road trip ? We took Hauptstrassen 19 running alongside the river Vorderrhein (which feeds…

Viamala-schlucht, Graubünden
On the second day of our road trip to St. Moritz, after St Gotthard Pass (6,909 ft; 2,106 m), we detoured to see the Viamala Gorge (Viamala-schlucht) in the canton of Graubünden. Click the following links to see our whirlwind tour of these Alpine mountain passes Grimselpass, Furkapass and St Gottard pass. The fourth pass…

Five Alps mountain passes in two days, part 3
For the first night of this short trip, we stayed in Andermatt (1437 m). It is a mountain village in the canton of Uri, and has been the historical center of north-south and east-west traverses of Switzerland. The village is connected by three Alpine passes: the Oberalp Pass (6,706 ft; 2,044 m.) to the east connecting the…






































