Our last full day in Switzerland was a real joy. Remo and Christina took us on a mountain tour. We left Spiez and headed off past Interlaken to the Aareschlucht Gorge – lovely views of the river as it rushed along the bottom of the gorge and then across farmland to the village of Meiringen…
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Remo and Christina returned last Friday – a couple of days earlier than originally planned. It’s been great to get know them a bit better – they are such lovely people. It’s also been a real bonus having some local guides to show us around! They took us to the markets in Thun on Saturday…
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Back again – more adventures, more photos. Went for another drive yesterday. Headed down the Simmental Valley – one of the valleys near Spiez. You can follow it all the way to Lake Geneva – not that we went that far. We turned off just after Boltigen and took the Jaunpass rather than stay on…
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We took off yesterday – left mid morning, not home again till night fall. Monday is half price day for ferry tickets, so we bought a day pass to visit both our local lakes. Lake Thun and Lake Brienz. The town of Interlaken sits right in the middle. We started the day at the Spiez…
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The really hot weather seems to have passed. Had a couple of days of soaking rain and now the temperatures are a very pleasant low to mid 20s. Our days have been mostly quiet – code for lazy!! The odd walk down the hill to the supermarket – trolley empty on the way down and…
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