live in Switzerland now
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2008
Lisa and Angelo are here for a Euro visit to see Jan in situ, her new situ. So we took them on the quintessential Swiss tourist weekend in the Jungrau region and on the classic Jungfrau train through the Eiger to the Jungfraujoch. This is really an improbable activity, taking a train up through the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2008
These post titles are getting really boring… but succinct I guess. Anyway, today we took a walk and a hike around Seealpsee and Ebenalp in Kanton Appenzell. First was a walk up to the lake Seealpsee – of Quollfrisch beer label fame – then a hike up to the cliff side guest house at Ebenalp. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2008
Another hike in Zentral Schweiz. This is about as central as you can get in fact, above the town of Schwyz in Kanton Schwyz, one of the 3 original Swiss Kantons. Last weekend we got excited for this hike, seeing the sharp peak from across the valley. This weekend the mountain turned into disneyland, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2008
The weather around here for the past few weekends has been pretty crappy, and Saturday was more of the same – rainy and cold – which makes our hiking plans (and this blog) suffer. It’s not all bad though, because it gives us lots of time to get caught up the MTV dating shows. But [...]