Sakura, Sakura and Sakura!
Sakura, cherry flowers, are somehow dear to us Japanese. They are beautiful, but fragile and their short lives make us think of our life itself.
A Japanese friend of mine told me that more than 40 cherry trees are in full bloom in Uster, so we made a bike tour for Sakura-watching. Read More
Glatt Route 29 – Part II
50 km, 3h30, Stettbach – Greifensee – Uster – Mönchaltorf – Wolfhausen – Jona – Meilen
The dark clouds of the Coronavirus crisis are upon us, but the sky is blue and the air is warm. So we hop onto our bike to discover the second part of the Glatt Route 29 we started last week. Read More
Glatt Route 29 – Part I
42 km, 3.5h, Eglisau – Rheinsfelden – Glattfelden – Bülach – Niederglatt – Opfikon – Schwammedingen – Zoo Zurich – Zurich Tiefenbrunnen
Today we biked the official, superbly marked Swiss bike route, Glatt-Route 29. We cycled aside the River Glatt, which flows from Greifensee all the way to the River Rhein. Read More
Lunghin Pass
Bivio 1769m – Septimer Pass 2310m – Lunghin Pass 2645m – Plaun da Lej (Maloja) 1805m;
5.5 hours of walking
This Lunghin Pass is marked as “Wasserscheide” (watershed or water divide point) and from here the water flows north-west to the North Sea, to the Black Sea, and south to the Mediterranean! Read More
Mettmen Hike
Mettmen 1608m – Matzlenfurggelen 1913 m – Kärpfstäfeli – Mettmen
3 hrs walk
We planned to hike to the beautiful Ängisee and then to Leglerhütte which I visited one year ago. Read More
Walensee Hike
Weesen 428m – Seerenwal 650 m – Quinten 434m
10.5km / Ascent 490 m, Descent 490m / 3 hrs Read More
Morteratsch Hike & Boval Hütte
Morteratsch 1896m – Boval Hütte 2495m – Morteratsch 1896m
11 km / Ascent & descent 600 m / 3hrs 45 min
The route from Morteratsch to Boval Hütte is part of the Bernina Trek. One month ago I did five sections of the Trek but two more sections remained to be done. I was happy that Philippe joined me for the Boval Hütte section on a sunny autumn day.
It still amazes me that in Switzerland – at many places, one can jump off a train and see glaciers or parts of it! Read More
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