Monthly Archives: May 2012
Made it home!
Just a quick post to let everyone know that we made it home after a short delay in London and some time spent in customs. Once I get some time I will post up more pictures from our trip. Stay tuned
Day 14 – CERN
We certainly left the best for last!!!! The reason Shawn chose Switzerland for his trip was to visit CERN. CERN is the European organization for Nuclear Research, which houses the world’s largest particle accelerator. If you wish to tour CERN you need to apply well in advance of coming, I booked in January and I … Continue reading
Day 13 – The United Nations
Another great sunny day as we left Fribourg to travel to Geneva. When we first arrived almost two weeks ago, we wandered around Geneva but didn’t have the time to tour the UN, so we planned to do that before flying home. The UN is a little ways from downtown but it was a wonderful … Continue reading
Day 12 – Fribourg, Broc and SSA
Today we awoke to a symphony of Sunday church bells in the town of Fribourg. Sundays can be a bit challenging when touring in Switzerland. Probably not so much of a problem if you are in the Alps or a bigger city but in the smaller area most everything shuts down. So it was a … Continue reading
Day 11 – Martigny
After a little bit of a sleep in we hauled our suitcase down to the train station. Without the use of internet for couple of days not only were we unable to post our adventure we were not sure where we were going to stay for the next couple of days. Why Martigny you might … Continue reading
Day 10 – Matterhorn
After a two and a half hour train ride we arrived at Zermatt and the Matterhorn. The town is a car free area and everyone gets around by walking or in electric golf cart like vehicles. Since we were not sure of where our hotel was and we were aware it was about 10 minutes … Continue reading
Day 9 – Lauterbrunnen
Woke up this morning early to a perfect day, not a cloud in the sky. We quickly got up to make the cable car to the top of the Schilthorn for breakfast. To get to the top, you have to take the cable car to the town of Murren then walk through the small town … Continue reading
Day 8 – Zurich, the Rain and Shopping
Well I guess it was inevitable that the rain was going to find us at some point. Today was the day. We traveled into Zurich to see what was there, even though the guide books don’t really talk about much but shopping. Being the optimist we under estimated the down pour we were greeted with … Continue reading
Day 7 – Bern, Luzern and Lauterbrunnen
Ok so we figured it out, apparently it’s busy season for Zurich, Luzern and Bern is just a gov’t town and we all know what that is about. So we got up in the morning, still raining but not as hard as the night before. By the time we had breakfast, the rain had stopped … Continue reading
Day 6 – New Country
Day 6 saw us in a new country and yes more importantly a new stamp in our passport. We got up in the morning and although we were not really ready to leave Appenzell the clouds were rolling in so we thought it was time to get out of dodge. So off we went to … Continue reading