We took a train from Berne to French speaking Montreux and then took a bus to see the beautiful Chateau Chillon. This castle is perched on the side of the lake, with mountains behind. We did an audio tour through the large castle – this was really interesting and gave us lots of information. …
Category: Switzerland
The Top of Europe
Our day trip to Jungfraujoch started grey and dreary…not ideal conditions for taking the highest railroad in Europe up the side of a mountain! As we took a train from Berne to Interlaken and then up the mountain, the day continued to be bleak and we couldn’t see much of anything. Once up…
Chocolate and Cheese
Eating raclettes gave us a desire to try more cheese, so on Saturday Irina took us to the town of Gruyere, where Gruyere cheese is originally from. Here we visited Maison Gruyere where we saw cheese being made, got to sample cheese, and learned about the history of cheese in the area. …
Solothurn and Stockhorn
On the 17th of January we took Lynette to Zurich and farewelled her for her flight to Dubai to visit friends. Reubs, Mum Julie and I went by train to Solothurn where we met with Irina, who lived with my family in 1999. Although she has been back to NZ to visit twice, this was…
The Mighty Matterhorn
We took a train from Milan to Switzerland, changing to get to our final destination – Zermatt. When we arrived it was grey and cloudy, with beautiful snow everywhere – Zermatt looked like a fairytale village!We walked down from our hostel and had cakes and coffee at a local cafe. That night after dinner Lynette,…
Meandering Kiwis 