Tag: switzerland
Driving around Lake Thun in Switzerland
First time visitors to the Bernese Oberland region in central Switzerland are naturally drawn to the mountains. Instead of going up the famous Bernese mountains (Jungfrau, Monch and Eiger), we took our time to drive along the shores of both lakes, Lake Thun (Thunersee) and Lake Brienz (Brienzersee). Lake is a major natural feature of…
Travel in Post-pandemic Switzerland, Spiez
While the number of COVID infections ebbed and flowed throughout 2021, we did not take a vacation or travel anywhere during the first half of the year. Luckily, we received our first dose of Moderna vaccine in March and then a second dose in June. Like many people in Europe, we started travelling again with…
Looking back at our trips in 2021-2022, Part 1
Happy New Year ! It is a tradition on this blog in January to take a look back at some of the places we visited in the previous year. Since we took some time off from posting on this blog, we will review both 2021 and 2022 together. Let’s kick off with some tunes and…
Sunrise at Mount Pilatus, part 2
Continuing with our story about mountains and … We woke up at six something and hurried out of the hotel to see the sunrise. Thankfully, the fog had dissipated overnight and the sky above us was clear. Play a tune while reading this : Since Hotel Bellevue was already at the top, it was technically…