Day: 101-102 Km travelled: 298.1km Steps: 14 755 Location: Kandern, Germany December 16-17, 2017 With the end of the year fast approaching, the Scottish poet’s classic new year hymn comes to mind and is the perfect prelude to this post: Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for Read More
Day: 100 (!!!) Km travelled: 6.1km Steps: 9,538 Location: St Moritz, Switzerland December 12-13, 2017 My journey on the Glacier Express brought me to my final stop in my new favourite country (shhhh… don’t tell the others): the luxury alpine resort town of St Moritz. Known for its grand hotels and high-end gastronomy, St Moritz Read More
Day: 97-98 Km travelled: 137.94 Height Reached:3,135 m (10,285 ft) Steps: ? (forgot my power adapter in Montreux, so my Fitbit wasn’t charged!) Location: Zermatt & Top of the Gornergrat Mountain December 12-13, 2017 Following a wet 2 days in Montreux / Geneva, I was ready to move on. The ski resort town of Zermatt was my Read More
Day: 95 Km travelled: 155.6km Steps: 11,692 Location: Montreux, Switzerland December 10, 2017 Still riding a (snowy) high from my time in Interlaken, I hoped on a train to the city of Montreux, in the French part of Switzerland. Not just any train though, a scenic train! This was the main reason I had come Read More
Day: 94 Km travelled: 19.95km Height reached: 1638m Steps: 12,412 Location: Bernese Alps December 9, 2017 Interlaken is the gateway to the Bernese Oberland and offers plenty of opportunities for thrill seekers or those just looking to enjoy the spectacular view. With a healthy layer of freshly fallen snow already on the ground and more continuing Read More
Day: 93 Km travelled: 183.5km Steps: 12,645 Location: Interlaken, Switzerland December 8, 2017 93 days in, I was approaching the end of the first part of my trip. With a return home looming, Tired of paying to use the washroom, I longed for a comfortable bed and a change of clothes. I was also anxious Read More
Day: 91-93 Km Travelled: 394.1 Steps:14000 Location: Zurich, Switzerland December 6-8, 2017 My entry into Switzerland was as unique as the country itself. I hopped on a bus from Munich to Zürich, and, in order to cross from the German side to Switzerland, the bus had to take a ferry. I was on a bus Read More