Category: Switzerland
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Switzerland, Day 13: Lugano
Another day, another delicious breakfast. Now that we were at a hotel, it was a pretty fantastic spread. Unfortunately, my travel partner was starting to look worse for wear. Although we had the same lunch the day before, SMS had been very Piggly-Wiggly with the raw cheese we ordered and he felt sick. This got…
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Switzerland, Day 12: Ascona – Bellinzona -Lugano
I feel like these entries are getting boring- not because they are all about my awesome vacation (naval-gazing travelogues- not boring! Right? *crickets*) but because each day starts out with a variant of, “We started with a delicious breakfast.” Well, if that’s wrong, I don’t want to be right because, yes, we did start out…
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Switzerland, Day 11: Valle Verzasca – Orselina
Our AirBnB part of the trip was turning out well. There was a festival in Locarno when we visited which made hotels near the Piazza Grande more than I wanted to pay. Also, we were planning on being on the move during our time there so a private room was fine. We had a great…
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Switzerland, Day 10: Grindelwald-Luzern-Lucarno
The next morning, we set out for Luzern to pick up SMS’ jacket. Sigh. Luzern was not good for remembering things- my bag and his jacket. Fortunately, we got both things back! I wasn’t so lucky with my pants at Blüemlisalphütte- how do you lose a pair of pants when you only have a small backpack…
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Switzerland Day 9: Gimmelwald-Grindelwald
After the Via Ferrata ended in Gimmelwald, we walked around for a bit in Gimmelwald. I had heard it was Rick Steeves favorite Swiss village and while I get it, I also don’t. It’s really quiet and idyllic but why this village over another in the area? IDK. But it was very pretty but fairly quickly,…
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Switzerland, Day 9: Klettersteig Via Ferrata (Mürren-Gimmelwald)
When we were planning the trip, it was really important to SMS that we do a Via Ferrata, or Iron Path. There are several in the Alps and, basically, you walk on the side of a cliff along hammered in rungs while double-clipped into a steel cable. When you get to an iron stake securing…
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Switzerland, Day 8: Bundalp – Griesalp – Interlaken – Mürren
We woke up with twenty of our newest, closest friends and got ready for the day. We had a trekker’s breakfast of muessli and bread- v. carb heavy! We headed down towards Bundalp, starting over a few hundred meters of snow. Fortunately, there was a rope and the very side of the path next to…
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Switzerland, Day 7: Blüemlisalphütte
We woke up, very excited to begin our hut-to-hut hiking adventure. We picked up our laundry from Womy- 25 CHF for a shopping bag full. We took the train to Kandersteg and then sent our suitcase ahead for pick-up two days later. It cost 12 CHF and was one of the better bargains of the trip!…
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Switzerland, Day 6: Vevey to Zermatt
After another delicious, huge breakfast at Le Charlot, we headed out for our next destination: Zermatt. We actually took our bread with us because there was so much food. I don’t think Europeans stay skinny on travel breakfasts, that’s for sure! Before heading out, we stopped to buy SMS a sweater for the mountains and…
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Switzerland, Day 5: L’Etivaz and Gruyère
Aka, the day we became cheeseheads! SMS and I both love cheese and he has made some in the past so I thought it would be really fun to take in some of the Swiss cheese (ha ha) towns. After a delicious, huge breakfast included with our Le Charlot stay, we headed to the train…
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