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« Reply #135 on: August 12, 2015, 10:09:56 am »
Hi Hugo. Nice that you have been wondering about me and my travels!
Hope you are well.
I have been having a little side trip staying on Lake Thun.
Here are a few pics.

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« Reply #136 on: August 24, 2015, 10:37:56 pm »
Hi Hollins,  hope that you're enjoying your holiday over there.   That third photo looks very familiar to me and I'm sure that I've walked along inside it but can't remember what it was.


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« Reply #137 on: August 25, 2015, 07:06:25 am »
Yes, thanks Hugo still enjoying the mountains but back tomorrow.
The third photo is the covered bridge in Thun but there is a similar more famous one in Lucerne.
Maybe that is the one you remember walking by?

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« Reply #138 on: August 25, 2015, 09:26:28 am »
It might be the bridge in Lucerne that I'm thinking of, but I did spend a day in Interlaken but can't really remember much about the town.  There are so many beautiful things to see there that you can't remember everything, although I've got clear memories of a cremy brandy coffee that I had in Grindewald.     $good$

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« Reply #139 on: August 25, 2015, 09:46:49 am »
I don't think there is a big bridge like that in Interlaken but I may be wrong.
I was sipping a sherry there last week looking up to the magnificent view of the Jungrau. Unfortunately you can't really see the mountain in the photo but it was there!

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« Reply #140 on: October 20, 2015, 04:09:16 pm »
Fab weather today for a lovely walk.

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« Reply #141 on: October 20, 2015, 04:13:07 pm »
Part two and a naughty dessert!

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« Reply #142 on: October 22, 2015, 02:18:23 pm »
Beautiful photos Hollins, keep them coming as the scenery is so breathtaking.   I liked the photo of the leaves but my favourite one is of that mouthwatering dessert.       ;D

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« Reply #143 on: October 23, 2015, 07:46:33 am »
Did the cow moo in German?  :D
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« Reply #144 on: October 24, 2015, 09:33:27 am »
Thanks Hugo, nice to know you are enjoying the photos.
 
Ian, the cow spoke perfect English and said to me, "Tell that Ian to put some of his Swiss railway photos on here that he promised us."

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Action man had had enough strolling with me so yesterday he set off for a daredevil activity of descending a via ferrata in Murren but came across these lads who were base jumpers. Basically they leap off the cliff dressed in bat suits and dive down to Lauterbrunnen 1600ft below only opening a parachute in the last few seconds. Thank goodness even action man thought this was too scary to attempt!
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« Reply #145 on: October 24, 2015, 09:52:15 am »
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Tell that Ian to put some of his Swiss railway photos on here that he promised us.

Oops!  Right, H.  You've shamed me into putting some up. I'll just have to dig them out.
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« Reply #146 on: October 24, 2015, 12:34:51 pm »
Okay, H;  as promised:

Having reached Chur from Llandudno Junction, we found the weather was incredibly cvlear and sunny:

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« Reply #147 on: October 24, 2015, 12:40:19 pm »
Our first trip out was on the Bermina Express, interestingly named since the tortuous narrow-gauge bends it has to navigate tend to make it slightly slower than the name implies. To gain the impressive heights through the passes, it has some interesting methods:

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« Reply #148 on: October 24, 2015, 12:41:41 pm »
We also travelled on the Glacier Express, which - given the very sunny weather - almost washed out the photos:

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« Reply #149 on: October 24, 2015, 12:44:58 pm »
They have a lot of viaducts, and I took this shot hanging out of the window, which is why it's a bit blurry...

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