Mont Bochor
Pralognan Wednesday July 3, 2013We are staying in the oldest part of town known as Le Barioz which has mainly traditional style farmhouses. The small chapel in the square near our apartment was… Continue reading
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Petit Mont Blanc
Pralognan Tuesday July 2, 2013 Today we walked a more gently undulating trail along a river valley towards Petit Mont Blanc. Another blue sky morning, we passed through open meadows of alpine flowers,… Continue reading
Col de Vanois
Pralognan Monday July 1, 2013We took advantage of glorious sunny skies on Monday to hike the trail to the Col de Vanoise at 2,515m elevation. Once we got up above the treeline at… Continue reading
Tour des Glaciers de la Vanoise
Pralognan-la-Vanoise June 29-30, 2013We farewelled Geneva on a grey overcast morning and finally after 6 months of planning we were on our way to Pralognan la Vanoise, for Hammer to race in The… Continue reading
Lakeside in Geneva
Geneva June 27-28, 2013Our grand vacations seem to coincide with a sudden change in our countries leadership. So surprised to read that K. Rudd is now back in after all the leadership challenge… Continue reading
Grindelwald
Wednesday June 26, 2013 Finally woke to a morning without rain, but still shrouded in low grey cloud. We had plans to catch the train to Jungfrau, the highest mountain in Europe,… Continue reading
Hiking to Harder Kulm
Interlaken – Tuesday June 25, 2013 I love the hotel we are staying at, a relatively new backpackers with clean and sparse interior spaces, solid walls so no noise from neighbours or their… Continue reading
Between the Lakes
Interlaken – Monday June 24, 2013I have always loved travelling by train in Europe. The stations in bigger cities are old and often grand in design and there is a buzzing liveliness and… Continue reading
Cool Zurich
Sunday June 23, 2013We left Sydney on an overcast wet evening, had almost 21 hours of night-time and arrived on Sunday morning to an overcast, wet grey Zurich sky. Temperature slightly lower than… Continue reading
Hunter Valley – 2013 Tour of Excellence
Bluebush Estate, Hunter Valley 1-2 June 2013 Twenty four of us gathered over the weekend in the Hunter Valley for the UNSW Dive Club Fluffers Wine Tasting combined with my Randall’s 50th Year Tour… Continue reading