by Mark Butland | 10/06/2025 | Switzerland
We started our last morning at Französ, a small, cosy coffee shop and a nice quiet spot to begin the day. Afterwards we took one more walk through Zurich, where old and modern buildings sit side by side. Down by the River Limmat there were swans on the water in front...
by Mark Butland | 09/06/2025 | Switzerland
We left the mountains and took the train back to Zurich, watching the scenery change out of the window. Once we were settled back at Hotel Montana, we went for one last traditional meal at Rheinfelder Bierhalle, where we’d eaten on our first night. As evening came on,...
by Mark Butland | 08/06/2025 | Switzerland
Our week in the mountains was nearly over, and we said goodbye to the rest of the group, swapping memories of the walks we’d shared. We spent the rest of the day pottering around Wengen’s quiet, car-free streets, which had become very familiar. From the village we...
by Mark Butland | 07/06/2025 | Switzerland
We went down into the Lauterbrunnen Valley to see Trümmelbach Falls. There are ten glacier-fed waterfalls here, all hidden inside the mountain, and you reach them through tunnels and galleries cut into the rock, with a tunnel lift to take you inside. Up to 20,000...
by Mark Butland | 06/06/2025 | Switzerland
This was the day we had been looking forward to most: the trip up to Jungfraujoch. We caught the early train from Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg and joined the Jungfrau Railway, which runs up through the mountain. Jungfraujoch is the highest railway station in Europe, at...
