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Colin, Sonia and Andrew in Switzerland 2011 

9th - 25th of July 2011

 

 

 

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Colin, Sonia and Andrew in Switzerland

9th - 25th of July 2011

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9th of July page 1 Colin arrives on the airport of Basel
10th of July   On the way to Geneva
    We arrive in Geneva and meet Sonia and Andrew
    We get the train from Täsch to Zermatt and from there to the Gornergrat 
    Everybody is tired on the way back to Zermatt 
    We take a walk through Zermatt
    We arrive on the Furka Pass and stay over night in Hospental  
11th of July page 2 We are on the way to Locarno over the Gotthard Pass
    The tourist attraction is the Old Gotthard-Post
    The famous picture of Rudolf Koller 1873
    We arrive in Locarno and I take a swimm in the Lago Maggiore
12th of July page 3 We make a trip to the Maggia Valley to Foroglio
    La Grotta "La Froda" in Foroglio
    The waterfall in Foroglio
    We take a break in Solerto
    On the way back we visit a special garden in Cevio
    On the way back home to Locarno we visit Ascona
13rd of July page 4 Today we make a trip to Lugano
    Lago di Lugano with San Salvatore
14th of July page 5 Today we make a trip to Milan (Italy)
    First we visit the Monument and Casa die Riposa Giuseppe Verdi
    The Sforza Castle with Michelangelo's Pietà Rondanini and Leonadrdo's room delle Asse
    La Pietà Rondanini from Michelangelo
    St. Ambrosius Basilica with ancient mosaics
    On the way to the Cathedral Duomo
    La Scala di Milano
    La Galleria - famous Arcade
    We have diner in "la Rinascente"
    The Cathedral in marble "Il Duomo di Milano"
15th of July page 6 Sonogno in the Valle Verzasca
    We have diner in the Grotto Efra
    Cascata Froda in Sonogno
    Mulino di Frasco from Müller Luca (1880)
    Lavertezzo The «Roman Bridge» or Ponte dei Salti 16th or 17th century 
16th of July   On the way back home to Wintersingen over the San Bernardino Pass
18th of July page 7 Barbecue with Sabrina and Heini
19th of July   Visit in Rheinfelden
    Augusta Raurica
    Colin visits the museum
    We visit Basel
20th of July   We visit the laboratory of Herbonis and then we go to Interio and Ikea
21st of July page 8 Our trip to Luzern-Brünig Pass-Aareschlucht-Interlaken-Bern
    We visit Luzern
    The Aare Gorge (Aareschlucht)
    We visit Interlaken
    We have diner in Hooters Interlaken
    We visit Bern (Capital of Switzerland)
    House and Square of Parliament in Bern (Construction 1852-1902)
    The "Zytglogge"
22nd of July   On the Sissacher Fluh
23rd of July   We have diner in the Mongolian Restaurant HAN in Riehen
24th of July   My home in Wintersingen