Effingen
is where my Great, Great, Great Grandfather was born in 1802 and from where he
emigrated with his children as a widower in the 1830's. Farmland. I can see why
they first went to Ohio and then settled in Kansas.
Effingen,
Canton Aargau
We went to Basel for a day, just to see what it was like.
Basel
The town
we stayed in, made famous by the fictional death of Sherlock Holmes when
Moriarity pushed him off the rock face at Reichenbach Falls. It looks pretty
sleepy, but it was hopping on Erste August, the Swiss National Holiday,
celebrating the founding of the Swiss Confederation.
Meiringen
Eiger and Moench are in these pictures, a 2 hour walk from Gretschalp (?) to
Muerren.
You
can't tell it from the pics, but this was a bicycle day, taking them on the
train and boat to Giessbach Falls, riding to the next village along the lake
and taking the boat, train back home.
Giessbach Falls to Isletwald
This is a hike from Hohfluh in the Halsiberg Alpen region down to Meiringen
Hohfluh to Meiringen
The spectacular Planplatten to Balmeggerhorn trip. Train, cable car,
gondola, chair lift, hike, chair lift, walk around a lake, gondola, bus, train.
Planplatten
to Balmeggerhorn
Reichenbach Falls, playing with light and water
Reichenbach Falls
My wife
and our 8 year old took a bus to Rosenlaui where you pay entrance to the gorge.
On the other side of the gorge you can hike to the foot of the glacier. We
didn't go all of the way, but got some great views.
Rosenlaui
Glacier and Gorge
My
first trip, I made friends with a guy my Dad's age, who traveled to the US for
work in the 60's and for fun in 94, including New Mexico. This trip I stopped
by his town to pay a visit. He took me for a drive to some place with good
views of Saentis, the big mountain in the area. We also drove to Appenzel, an
ancient town famous for cheese and being a little "odd" While there,
we were fortunate to see a few minutes of women's beach volleyball on sand
imported to the centuries old street. Back to my Hotel for a couple of beers
and he left me to my own devices. There is a walk Landgeschriftsmandsweg or
something like that that means, The Way of Handmade or such.
Urnaesch
And some Odds and Ends