The city wall walk, which begins near the river and runs uphill along a remaining section of city wall | ||
OK, so you can't go to a german speaking country without chuckling about the verb fahren which means to drive. I won't mention it more than once, but it is obligatory. So, the highway exits all have a huge sign labeled "AUSFAHRT", and here this truck "LOGISTICS IN FAHRT" (which was backing down this street because it couldn't turn around). Etc, etc. | ||
The second old bridge Spreuerbrücke | ||
The Lion Monument, a French Revolution war memorial | ||
A butcher in Luzern where the sausages are happy and have arms | ||
On the road to Andermatt, massive traffic jam for miles (I mean kilometers). Nothing more fun than climbing a mountain pass road in a manual transmission in a traffic jam. But hey, the scenery was great! | ||
Climbing through Andermatt on highway 2, and then southwest towards Fiesch | ||
Our Ford Kuga | ||
One of regions I would like have spent more time in, the valley of the Goms is full of really authentic looking villages and remote mountain scenes. | ||
We really enjoyed our stay at Hotel Alpina in this small (and deserted in summer) ski/mountain resort area of Fiescheralp. |