Posts in Category: Switzerland
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Mount Rigi – Queen of the Mountains
This is my penultimate post from the fantastic June, 2022 trip to Switzerland with Adventures Abroad, led by our good friend Victor Romagnoli. It is listed as one of the company’s Top 10 favourite tours and it has lived up to that standard in every way. In the last post I made some suggestions for […]
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Exploring Lucerne – What You Can’t Miss
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad hiking/walking tour of Switzerland we arrived in the beautiful city of Lucerne and joined city native Yvonne Bieder on a walking tour of the older parts of the city including the two famous covered bridges. In this post we’ll continue exploring Lucerne by visiting a few more […]
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Lucerne – Switzerland’s Nicest City?
Since landing in Geneva over two weeks ago, Alison and I have been blown away by the efficiency of the Swiss transportation system and even more so by the absolute liveability and beauty of its cities, towns and villages. It is very difficult to chose a favourite among the major cities of Geneva, Basel and […]
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Jungfraujoch – The Top of Europe
In my last post from a June, 2022 trip to Switzerland with Canadian tour company Adventures Abroad our group took a gondola up from Grindelwald to First where we did an alpine hike to Bachalpsee and experienced the Cliff Walk. In keeping with the one day on one day off hiking schedule of this tour, […]
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Grindelwald-First Gondola to the Cliff Walk
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad tour of Switzerland led by veteran guide Victor Romagnoli our group transitioned from Zermatt to Wengen by way of the very interesting small city of Interlaken. As I noted in that post the itinerary initially had us staying in Grindelwald for three nights, but instead we went […]
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Interlaken – Bollywood in Switzerland
This is my latest post from last summer’s visit to Switzerland with Adventures Abroad. It will feature our transition from Zermatt to Wengen with an extensive stop in the lovely little city of Interlaken. In the last post I wrote about the absolutely once in a lifetime day we had hiking down from the Matterhorn […]
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The Matterhorn – A Perfect Day in the Alps
This is a post I have been eager to write since experiencing one of the best days of hiking in my life last June in the Swiss alps with the Matterhorn looming in the background on every step. Alison and I are well into our Swiss hiking tour with Adventures Abroad led by our good […]
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Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt
In my last post from this trip to Switzerland with Adventures Abroad our group started our hiking portion of the itinerary with a bracing ramble in the Engadin Valley high above St. Moritz. Now it is time to enjoy one of the many exciting train trips that was one of the main attractions for signing […]
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Engadin Valley – Hiking Above St. Moritz
In the last post from this Adventures Abroad walking and hiking tour of Switzerland we took the train to St. Moritz and enjoyed a walk around this fabled resort town. We later paid a visit to the famous Heidi Hut and walked back down into St. Moritz from it. In this post we’ll undertake our […]