Touristic travel:-
Well in the writings section I had some cards made after visiting Matterhorn..
Dents du midi, gruyer, luzern, bern, Interlaken, lauterbernan, zurich etc
Some car race event was going on in dents du midi and it was amazing to see the guts of riders on those really winding roads driving really fast, besides as regular easy pizzy thing many bicyclists were riding that portion of Tour du france to try their skills.The Bakery in that area up the mountain was really nice, went couple times. not much hiking around, just some walks and like said most things like what tourists would see and do, hence plenty leg work in that sense. Again the planning most was by my other half in terms of bookings etc, things wise i pitched in and some other tings too like all trips before 2014.n'ways. On similar notes Interlaken area met two ultra runners.Watching game in Zurich. Ibexes, many bird varities etc It was mostly touristic things visit but its always september month , may be there is some other reason for it.
Many things are closed and weather is more dicy ...which was for sure the case as Later years on "TMB" trek got to experience the difference.
Meeting some nice people from london in gruyer and they recommending fondu ... but given we had
already eaten some things passed on it, staying in europe they visit this place often per them. Interlaken was kesari tours many Indians roaming town and buying things, picture taking etc ....
Cheese, milk products,coco powder, Pizza, pasta, icecream, chocolates (I like belgian too) and
especially if on spicy side Liked "Roshti" even fondu not the chocolate one but tried other as local thing. Post "dil wale dulhaniya movie " and many "yash raj productions" switzerland being popular amongst Indians, one can even find Indian food atop Jungfrau and tours catered for the movie sites.
Train travel is real luxury and they are really nice. Besides When car stops at red signal, rest mode or something (avoid running engine and pollution),Even later when I travelled Ireland for trek( the driver gets some card which monitors driving skills and sleep hours and etc) Haven't written much about trip, long due the real writeup.
Many farmers markets, like most of the places people enjoy, rather locals know each other so easier to figure out who wants what.
Walking around the lake with drizzle and blue water pretty cold but very nice. I guess many places got occasional rain and that kind weather. Matterhorn reflection lake was frozen, Just did bit of walking around. May be first mcdonald veggie burger was at Matterhorn :) Post doing trek and real hikes wouldn't call them hikes but stretches of walks. Besides with short time period with plenty things to see around there is lot of leg work required.
Sometimes walking on those lush green hills, rather mountains mostly till the top being transformed
Did buy couple though ....
Switzerland 2012 some Glimpses
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It was real nice to experience the place but didn't do any of the outdoor things its famous for. Later years when did Tour du Mont blanc trek , even got a chance to meet some ultra runners there while on trek.
It was really beautiful fresh air feeling place, sometimes when cleanliness has its own smell how one would feel that kind.
Wishing that time if we could have spent some more days in lauterbernan, interlaken area and got to do outdoor things, deciding to do that sometime again bid adios to the place.
From the Notes :
Blessed are those who get to roam here free of everything, every single day...
Light breeze, Cows mooing, Bells ringing, Countless waterfalls, flowers & birds...
In true sense feels like land of free...
Lie down on the road, face the sky and just observe.....
Once in a while daredevils will jump off paragliding, flying like bird in the valley
& ready to do it over and over again...
Can imagine what a soul reviving thrill that must be .... to glide in the valley..
Looking at it makes you feel calm inside & outside.
Amazing ....
