September 2015

A framed view of Lake Como from the shoreline taken as we walked to Villa Carlotta.

  Please click on one of the photos – it will make for much more pleasant viewing! On Saturday morning we went up to Lake Como for the day. It’s a 1 ½ hour trip by train to the north to the

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The fearless ladies of our trip are ready for another exciting day of adventure and gelato! Front row: Joyce, Doree, and Karen; back row: Jean and Linda. I didn't even pose them; they just stood this way!

We left Montreux and Switzerland on Friday, using our beloved Swiss Travel Pass for the last time, and caught a train for Milan. Milan is a huge city and the home of the 2015 World’s Fair (Expo) so the city

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Castle Chillon

For me, the big attraction in Montreux – besides being the end of the line for the Golden Pass train – is the Castle Chillon. I was so glad that the weather cleared up and we were able to visit

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On day 3 (Monday, Sept. 14) we travel from Lucerne to Lauterbrunnen via the Golden Pass panorama train. To best enjoy the views we have purchased upgrades to first class for this trip. Lauterbrunnen is about 2000 feet up in

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Steve and Linda pose by the statue of Freddie Mercury on the waterfront in Montreux.

Our planned trip to Jungfraujoch was cancelled by bad weather. Instead, we spent most of the day shopping and doing laundry. Lauterbrunnen had a market day and there were lots of vendors on the street for the whole length of the

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Doree, Dave and Joyce on the Skywalk Terrace at Schilthorn.

To get to the Schilthorn from Lauterbrunnen, you walk down (the whole length of town!) to the railroad station, and there you show your Swiss Travel Pass (worth its weight in gold – literally) and they wave you through to

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This is Jungfrau, the most famous of the three well-known mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps.

There are three famous peaks visible from most places in the Berner Oberland region of the Alps: Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau. Roughly translated, the names mean Ogre, Monk, and Young Lady, respectively. There is an ancient and predictable legend about

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After our long hike to the falls we were sure glad to see this sign.

This is a waterfall inside of a mountain! I’ve never seen anything like it before.

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A view from our balcony in Lauterbrunnen. We're close to a beautiful waterfall!

On Monday we boarded the Golden Pass panorama train in Lucerne and took the 90-minute trip south to Interlaken. We reserved first-class seats for this train and boy was it worth it! The windows are huge and we had beautiful

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Just before we reached the top of the mountain we were surprised by this ladder-like climb.

Our big outing for the day today was climbing up Mt. Pilatus. Starting just before noon, we took a boat trip down the length of Lake Lucerne to a little town called Alpnachstad, and there we caught the Pilatus Bahn:

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