M and A in Switzerland: 2014

Sonntag, 23. November 2014

Snow !

This weekend, November was showing its grey and foggy side - Huenenberg was covered in a truly miserable grey "soup". So Andy wisely decided that we should go above the fog near Oberalp-pass - which worked a treat:

No fog up here

Hard to believe that 4 weeks ago we went walking in Andermatt and were wearing Shorts and T-Shirts, and spent a happy lunchbreak lying in the sun in the gras.

Just a tiny bit higher up, and 4 weeks on, lunch looked different :-)

Lunch

And we got to enjoy the day instead of stare at grey November weather.

Enjoying the sun

Mittwoch, 12. November 2014

Sicily = Like !

When my friend Doris and I decided early on in the year to go somewhere for a week, I thought it might be a good idea to see some extra sun late in the year.
Although we had a gorgeous autumn and it was still beautiful and sunny shortly before we set off to Sicily, the weather turned just in time to make the Sicilian sunshine extra special.
It was even warm enough to swim in the sea.

Without further ado, here are some impressions:

Scopello

View from our B&B

Dinner at our B&B - with our very stylish "wine glasses"...

Yummy !

Segesta

Scopello (again)

Erice

Trapani Salines - Brilliant !

Finally, on our last day, we went to Zingaro nature reserve to walk a bit of the coastal path, and - joy !- swim in the sea ! Oh it was beautiful - the water sooooo warm...

The day did not start too promising

... but thankfully the sun eventually won

Testing the waters

Yep, gotta go for a swim !

Swimming was fab - until the waves...

got a bit too large to be fun...

Sonntag, 28. September 2014

Graubuenden Sept 14

Sat 6th
Arrive in Tarasp - famous for its castle (see below), which reminded me of Edinburgh castle, except for there is just a tiny village below, no large city and no royal mile - no tourist-tack shops either !

Our holiday home for week 1 was just below the castle, on the street leading up to the castle - here an impression of the setting:

View from village towards castle

View from our balcony

Sun 7th - walk Motta Naluns

It's time to go up a mountain ! We cheated and took the cable car from Scuol to Motta Naluns and so quickly got above the clouds, where we had excellent weather and great views

Andy cleaning his shoes...

...in a nice setting !

When we got back down from the mountain, it really was rather summery warm in Scuol !

Mo 8th - local explore castle & shops

So many choices !

Take-away holy water !!!

Walking down towards Scuol, we got to see the castle from another angle...

A modern take on the traditional antlers

Tue 9th - Val Minger - National Park Walk

That was SUCH a brilliant walk !

Wed 10th - Tarasp Castle & Scuol Bath

Thur 11th - Pontresina - Diavolezza

Fr 12th - Local Explore Clemgia Gorge

General Impressions Scuol Tarasp

Sunrise viewed from our balcony

... and the same mountains at lunch time

The castle, seen from various different places

Sat 13th - transfer Savognin

Sun 14th - We came skiing here in Winter, so were curious to see what it looks like without snow. the answer is: very rocky ! And lots of marmots about !