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Anyone up for some armchair travel to Switzerland?
This time of year spouse and I would normally be getting ready for our annual winter pilgrimage to Switzerland.
Our MO is to travel to Switzerland early in December to take full advantage of the calm before the holiday ski season storm. We then usually head to Germany for a dose of Christmas Markets before returning home. There's already a great thread on Armchair Travel to Germany, so I thought I'd start one on Switzerland for those of us missing this beautiful country. Please join in. The more photos of Switzerland the better!https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...e5e5448a12.jpg Guarda https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...62cf0850ce.jpg Guarda https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...83e1178a93.jpg Walking from Guarda to Ardez https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...c0a4ede94b.jpg Vnà https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...f1d1bec222.jpg Walking from Vnà to Hof Zourt https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...626c7ee3ec.jpg Chur https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...ef3b3871a0.jpg Chur https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...0a76c135fc.jpg Chur https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...514e96d7b8.jpg Chur |
Ah yes, December 2014...we traded the hot sticky white sand of Perth, Australia for the white winter wonderland of Switzerland. I can't remember the last time I was so excited to see schnee.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...f8c96880e3.jpg View from our Blankenburg apartment window https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...1f54eba179.jpg Train from Blankenburg to Lenk im Simmental https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...cf1248feda.jpg Lenk im Simmental https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...437c96596c.jpg Lenk im Simmental https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...e43d801a31.jpg Walking the Helsana Trail, Lenk im Simmental |
Great idea to start some new armchair travel. Exactly what we need in these times.
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Winter walking, Zuoz, 2018 https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...4a042c18a9.jpg Zuoz, 2018 https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...017c183105.jpg Zuoz, 2018 https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...1a9b1fa37d.jpg Zuoz, 2018 https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...d607d6d229.jpg Zuoz, 2018 Hoping that Ingo and Swandav will join in, as well as Adelaidean when she wakes up in Australia. |
Melnq8: Hoping that Ingo and Swandav will join in, as well as Adelaidean when she wakes up in Australia.[/QUOTE]
Well even though I wasn’t invited, I offer a photo from October 2020 https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...aa5b8ea4b.jpeg |
...and from March and September 2020
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...and two more from this year...
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WeisserTee - everyone's invited! That building with the red shutters is gorgeous, where was that taken?
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I have never been to Switzerland but it is on my list! Love all your pictures. Thank you, as it lets me keep dreaming of travel.
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Originally Posted by Melnq8
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WeisserTee - everyone's invited! That building with the red shutters is gorgeous, where was that taken?
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Solothurn is on my list WeisserTee.
Glad to have you along Sberg - here's hoping you get to Switzerland soon! https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...3384a6ec96.jpg Adelboden, October 2019 https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...0de8165409.jpg Adelboden, October 2019 https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...b272938c2b.jpg Adelboden, October, 2019 |
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Beauty!
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Walking along the Ruinaulta (Rhine Gorge) from Ilanz to Versam Safien on an unbearably hot June day in 2017 (a beer has never tasted so good) https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...7fef26b890.jpg Ruinaulta from Ilanz to Versam Safien, June 2017 |
Lugano is on my list WeisserTee!
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Gorgeous photos...so exciting to see. Weissertee, where was your first posted one taken (oct 2020 with yellow leaves and the mountains?
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It is still a bit early but I see that people are getting into pre-Christmas mood already. So let me share one of my favourite events that takes place in Basel.
Every year around St Nicholas Day (Saturday closest to Dec 6, to be precise) the regional chapter of Harley Davidson club do a charity run known as "Harley Niggi Näggi". They dress up as Santa Clauses, decorate their bikes, and parade through the city to the main square, where they collect donations for a project that helps homeless people. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...fb43cb4b44.jpg They are coming https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...29d1e96c1e.jpg They decorate their bikes with amazing imagination. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...55660e3237.jpg Ho - ho - ho! https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...3874429d12.jpg Mr. and Mrs. Claus https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...1ce23a482e.jpg Santa and the angel - yes, they all wear helmets underneath https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...ba800d4177.jpg How many Christmas trees fit on one Harley? https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...158db49299.jpg How many reindeer... https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...636bd82c9b.jpg ... fit on one Harley? https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...47a205bec2.jpg "Harley Donkeyson" https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...ab48ae3b66.jpg Another Santa took the waterway on the Rhine |
Was supposed to be in the Ticino in June, so back on my bucket list it goes....
Photos from 2017 https://flickr.com/photos/[email protected] and 2019 https://flickr.com/photos/[email protected] I couldn’t get my photos to post, so had to link my albums.... |
Perfect timing, Mel - I'm taking two days off since Wednesday is a holiday in my part of Germany :) Hm, which photos ... I'll start with a Davos/Saas Fee trip back in 1993. Pre-digital era, so please forgive the lousy quality of some photos.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...4e081edd89.jpg Gotschnagrat, between Davos and Klosters https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...a7d30d97a7.jpg View from Gotschnagrat toward lake Davos. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...e96bd47b25.jpg Weissfluhjoch above Davos https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...932ec4a1eb.jpg Weissfluh summit https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...439ee044ad.jpg Felsenweg trail Weissfluhjoch to Strela pass https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...c8621704a6.jpg Strela pass, Weissfluh summit in the background |
And hi Weisser Tee! Good to see you here.
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Flüela pass region https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...4ae87c8312.jpg Pischahorn, view of Silvretta mountains https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...3a019b2bd1.jpg Pischahorn, the little glacier certainly gone by now https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...8a38872331.jpg Sertig valley https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...695b40f13c.jpg Sertig hamlet (population: 1 person) https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...d3fe6212e3.jpg Schmitten, a cute village near Davos https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...2165669aa2.jpg Flüela pass, en route to St. Moritz |
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Good to see you here Ingo and Adelaidean!
Harley Niggi Näggi looks like a hoot quokka. Would love to see that in person. |
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View from within Schloss Tarasp, December 2013 https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...e4ff20430e.jpg Walking from Samedan to Celerina, December 2013 https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...4dba33bc05.jpg Walking from Samedan to Celerina, December 2013 https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...f30f294bac.jpg Walking from Samedan to Celerina, December 2013 |
I was there in June 2016. Not as much snow as winter time, but we found some at the Jungfraujoch
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Originally Posted by Ingo
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And hi Weisser Tee! Good to see you here.
Thanks! And here’s a photo of someone we met on our March trip to Scuol. Not in a zoo or animal park, just hanging out in the lower village. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...aa7a3527b.jpeg |
It's more than mountains:
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Awesome photo, Weisser Tee!
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Michael, of course you're right, Switzerland is not only about mountains. I plan to post some pics of the towns and plains later, too.
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No, it's not all about the mountains, although personally, the mountains are a highlight for me.
It's also about the lakes... https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...fe22998f43.jpg Hiking the Gemmipass The thrill rides... https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...162ccb8d50.jpg Cable car to Leukerbad The food... https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...9a4461e023.jpg Älplermagronen And of course, the chocolate... https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...2898061163.jpg Be still my heart |
Somehow I was doing OK without severe wanderlust through the pandemic but now you guys have gone and posted these!
Here's an offering from me from September, 2017 on a Tour du Mont Blanc. The TMB is mostly in France and Italy, on my version we spent two days in Switzerland. These were all taken within a few hours of my first Swiss hike. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...5f9457aad5.jpg Looking into Valais from Grand Col Ferret https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...d09309ecfb.jpg Yurt at Alpage de la Peule https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...2dca63d3fb.jpg Lunch stop, Alpage de la Peule https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...ff328779b7.jpg Why you gain weight even while doing a lot of hiking https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...6f29af2745.jpg The valley of the Dranse de Ferret |
Thanks for your great post here Mel! Just what the doctor ordered, wonderful shots of a beautiful, lesser-known areas.
I am done. Das wunderbar. |
Oh, an owl, wow. I was very excited to see a deer and a squirrel...
My various shots of Tarasp Castle https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...73f42e578.jpeg Looking down https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...25c04ab61.jpeg Zooming in https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...09f0fead1.jpeg Full zoom https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...19d4fabdb.jpeg Looking up view from Tarasp... https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...edf6433e3.jpeg |
You nailed it, Mel ;-)
Hi Adelaidean, the pictures of Tarasp and Soglio and Bern etc. bring back so many wonderful memories! Let's go on with 1993 ... https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...cc76d7b43f.jpg St. Moritz https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...64b2224340.jpg Morteratsch https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...09273c2d38.jpg Vaduz/Liechtenstein, castle https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...90e7200f1f.jpg Via Mala https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...75655edf69.jpg Oberalp pass |
This is fun, loving all the photos.
Last year we spent October in Switzerland, our first ever autumn visit. We'd planned to do it again this year, but couldn't of course. So here's hoping for an encore visit in October 2021. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...4b3308e807.jpg Guarda https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...00410fe76b.jpg Walking from Guarda to Bos-Cha https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...aa842a6093.jpg Walking from Guarda to Bos-Cha https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...f38ea61777.jpg Walking to Guarda to Bos-Cha https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...7e1a45c996.jpg Walking from Bos-Cha to Ardez https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...ae2453228b.jpg Chanova Ruins above Ardez https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fod...d7fdacddb9.jpg Moo! |
Nice to see you here zebec!
The owl photo reminds me of the day we were on a bus in Scuol...a guy gets on holding a falcon. Of course, I didn't have my camera at the ready so missed a great shot. Like Adelaidean, we feel lucky to see wildlife at all in Switzerland. Other than birds, all we've seen is chamois (once). No shortage of cows, goats and sheep though:) And of course those lovely Swiss cats. |
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