Some pictures taken during a train trip to the Jungfraujoch with my mother last week. After going through a tunnel excavated into the Eiger, we reach the highest train station in Europe, at over 3300m. From the station we can access what initially was a research facility at the top of the Jungfrau, which was used as the villain’s HQ in one James Bond film. Click on the “more” link to see all the thumbnails, and click on a thumbnail to enlarge. Read the rest of this entry »
Today is Zürich’s Street Parade!
The very famous whole-city open-air day-time techno party attracts hundreds of thousands of young and not-so-young people from Europe and all over the world. And I was in Zürich, so I had to take a look. Read the rest of this entry »
Swiss National Day, and my first tourist visit to a city out of Zürich since I arrived. Just an our away from Zürich by train, this city by a beautiful lake has a small old town with buildings with frescoed walls, medieval wooden bridges, and a solid stone wall. Read the rest of this entry »