Over the Brienzergrat in three days The Brienzergrat is a massive ridge which follows the lake of Brienz in the Bernese Oberland. Starting in the east above Interlaken (Harder) it goes to the Brienzer Rothorn in the West and in its extension via the Höch Gumme down to the Brünigpass.…
Over the Brienzergrat in three days Check out Brienzergrat - Part 1 for the first two days! From the hotel in Kemmeribodenbad the first part of the ascent goes through a wast moor region with a lot of forests and farmland. When approaching the ridge a last strenuous ascent has…
I only started on late afternoon in Le Pont hiking up to the Mont Tendre (1679m). Hence I had little time if I wanted to taste some fresh fish from the Lac de Joux once back in Le Pont... But the evening presented a nice spectacle, with a bit of…
Tropical rainforest? ...at least that's what it looks and feels like, the forest just outside my village, when it is raining non stop on a spring day. Just amazing the force of nature pushing out of the soil everywhere! The only challenges so far: Change filters without falling (the filter…
Autumn leaves every year a big mess behind in forests, fields and under trees, providing food to earthworms and other gourmets. But it mainly turns every slice of nature in a beautifully colored artwork. And all those falling leaves end up wherever they touch down (really no sens for organisation)…
Organizing a trek through Ticino valleys early June is definitely not an easy task. It is still off season, a lot of snow makes it impossible to simply hike over passes and huts are closed or not guarded. Let alone the unstable weather forecast... Nevertheless we decided to give it…
Why not? BBQ season opening with a unusual salad composition - It's best right off your garden! :)…
Eight years in an apartment means eight years of furnishing, accumulation of souvenirs and all kind of geeky things. Just a few unusual views by Olympus and Voigtländer on what was my very first, own place to live. Time to move on... Do you recognize some familiar stuff?…
