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Neuhaus-Weissenau Nature Reserve
Michael and I got our walking in today as we went to have a late lunch at Restaurant Neuhaus zum See. On the way back, we walked through...
Deborah Kade
Sep 5, 20231 min read
Wengen
Wengen is a village belonging to the municipality of Lauterbrunnen. Measured by population, the town is the largest in the municipality....
Deborah Kade
Sep 4, 20236 min read
Lunch at Giessbach
In 14 stages over 500 meters, the Giessbach falls from the high valleys of the Faulhorn region down into Lake Brienz. At the foot of this...
Deborah Kade
Sep 3, 20234 min read
The Avenches Tattoo 2023 at the National Stud Farm
A tremendous amount of work went into having the Tattoo at a different venue. When we got off the train there were two different buses at...
Deborah Kade
Sep 2, 20236 min read
Anyone have the time?
Not many cities have managed to retain their historic features quite as successfully as Bern, the capital of Switzerland. The old town of...
Deborah Kade
Sep 1, 20239 min read
Everybody's gone surfing... the "Thun Way!"
Well, everybody's gone surfing the "Thun Way". When you think about Switzerland surfing is probably one of the last things that comes to...
Deborah Kade
Aug 31, 20235 min read
Cruising Lake Brienz on the Lötschberg
The name Interlaken means between two lakes and so Interlaken is between Lake Brienz and Lake Thun. Today we took a boat ride on the...
Deborah Kade
Aug 30, 20233 min read
Going to Murten for the perch filets
It was 52 degrees when we got up this morning. Hopefully, it will be a high of 56 by this afternoon. Michael and I are happy we are not...
Deborah Kade
Aug 29, 20235 min read
What do you do on a cold rainy day? Go to Gruyères for raclette!
It is a very cold, rainy, dreary, damp, stay under the covers in bed and read a book kind of day in Unterseen; so we decided to hop on...
Deborah Kade
Aug 28, 20239 min read
Cold August showers bring cheese fondue
Awakened this morning to the plink, plink, plink of rain hitting the roof. That can only mean it will be a cheese fondue kind of day!...
Deborah Kade
Aug 27, 20235 min read
What's Happening in Interlaken and Unterseen?
Final preparations were being made for tomorrow's Unspunnen Schwinget Interlaken 2023. The 120 wrestlers in Switzerland meet every six...
Deborah Kade
Aug 26, 20236 min read
Noticed so many changes
The most significant change from previous years is not being able to visit with our dear friend, Rose Meier. She passed away at the young...
Deborah Kade
Aug 25, 20232 min read
Phoenix to San Francisco to Zürich to Unterseen
Phoenix, Arizona to San Francisco, California to Zürich, Switzerland to the Adventure Guest House in Unterseen We are staying in the...
Deborah Kade
Aug 24, 20236 min read
These are not L. Frank Baum's, The Wizard of Oz, poppies!
"The "Poppies" are introduced in L. Frank Baum's first Oz book titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900 and appear in the...
Deborah Kade
Mar 27, 20234 min read
Poppies and Ponies
There weren't many ponies to see but poppies and ponies is a catchier phrase than poppies and horses. Salt River Wild Horses are quite...
Deborah Kade
Mar 14, 20234 min read
It was a cold 37 F. (2.7 C) this morning
Rain last night turned to snow on the mountaintops around us. Mönch- 4,110 m (13,480 ft) -- Jungfraujoch -the saddle 3,463 m (11362 ft)...
Deborah Kade
Sep 27, 20222 min read
Only have to wait 11 months for my next Rusticana pizza
I had wanted to go to Thun this morning to see the Fulehung. The event happens the last Monday in September. The last time we went, the...
Deborah Kade
Sep 26, 20226 min read
Wengen Chästeilet
The Chästeilet in Wengen is a celebration to mark the end of the alpine summer, when the rounds of cheese produced during that summer are...
Deborah Kade
Sep 25, 20222 min read
If in Zürich, take a cooking class with Sherly!
It's a cold and rainy day in Interlaken. Fog lifting from the among the trees on the mountainsides. We are lucky to be taking a cooking...
Deborah Kade
Sep 24, 20226 min read
The Magnificent Matterhorn
We had intended to go to the Blausee (Blue Lake) but we learned they were recommending not to eat the lake trout because of bacteria or...
Deborah Kade
Sep 23, 20228 min read
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