Monthly Archives: August 2019
Making It On Our Own (Almost)
Sadly, it was time to leave Morschach behind – no more clifftop views over the turquoise lake. We were headed back to Zurich, but before then we had an important appointment to keep. Victorinox, makers of Swiss Army knives, has an outlet store in Brunnen, and even better, they allow you to Make Your Own […]
A Meander Around Morschach
This morning we opened the blinds. The mountains had gone. The rain had arrived. We closed the blinds, looked at the radar, and declared it a rest day. Washing, emails, tidying, lazing around watching the rain, and the mountains come and go as the clouds drifted in and out. Most of the activities here are […]
Scottish Hillsides are alive with the sound of Moosic.
Ilze and I cannot let Debbie get away with that. We have found our photos of our last day in Scotland where we did a bus tour before getting on a plane in Glasgow, 1 hour to London Heathrow, 6 hours in transit, 13.5 hours flying to Singapore, 18 hour stop over, then 7.5 hours […]
The Hills Are Alive, With The Sound Of Cow Bells (Ah-Ah-Ah-Ah…)
Despite dire forecasts, the morning was dry with light cloud, and we deemed it suitable for taking the nearest cable car up to Stoos, a car-free ski resort in winter, and mountain holiday village in summer. We thought it might take an hour or two – we had no idea how much there was to […]
Aargauer 3 Day Orienteering, Final Day
Sadly we had to leave Tiny House behind, and do our last trip across to Riniken. It was already a warm morning at 9am, with the promise of 30 degrees plus. I was glad it was the Sprint day and not the Long or Middle. It was all abuzz with kids everywhere; one of the […]
Aargauer 3 Day Orienteering, Day 2
But first, a short walk into Germany … Bad Saeckingen’s main claim to fame is Europe’s longest covered bridge, crossing the Rhine and providing a border crossing for pedestrians and cyclists (no customs booth). Built 400 years ago, it was restored in 1990, and is a thing of beauty. It smells of very old timbers, […]
Aargauer 3 Day Orienteering, Day 1
Today was our first orienteering event of the trip, but with starts in the early evening, we didn’t have to go anywhere until 4pm. So we declared it a catchup day – slept in, then whiled away the time sitting in the sun, doing a few emails, and generally not much of anything, until it […]
The Amazing Race
We have several big travel days planned, and this was one of them. We needed to depart from Bad Ischl at 8am, drop off the rental car in downtown Salzburg by 9.30, and stroll across to the railway station, where we would board a Railjet train to Zurich – a 5 hour journey across the […]
Inside the Ice Mountain
Hooray! The clouds parted and blue skies returned. We could see the mountain peaks again. Time to head for the hills. Back through Hallstatt again (still no parking to be had), and on to the base of the Dachstein cable car. We ummed and aahed about the cost, but decided to buy tickets for the […]
Nothing Bad About Ischl
Our plans for mountain views had come a little unstuck due to the weather, but there was a forecast for clearer skies in the afternoon. We decided to go for a short walk around Bad Ischl. The town was about 20 minutes away on foot, following a pedestrian trail across the river and shortcutting the […]
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