Holiday 2000
Switserland - Northern Italy |
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Going there, Zuerich, SuschOur holiday started with a trip to Graubuenden where my parents were camping in Susch. The first night we stayed at the Zurichersee, the second day we passed Davos and the Fluelapass which ends in Susch where we stayed a week. The first days where a bit rainy so we decided the do the site-seeing by car. On the Ofenpass, the Umbrailpass, the Stelviopass and the Berninapass we mostly saw clouds and fog, and some cows.Watch the picture map.
Albulapass, JulierpassAnother car-trip brought us to the Albulapass and the Julierpass. No rain that afternoon which allowed a little walk above the Albulapass. Unfortunately, I didn't fly the helicopter you can see on the pictures...Watch the picture map.
UnterengadinTaking the `luftseilbahn' in Ftan and walking there gives a nice overview of the Unterengadin. You walk just above the timber line and can see the valley of the river Inn going to Austria. Nice flowers and of course 'murmeltieren' (which I couldn't get on a picture this summer).Watch the picture map.
BerninapassOne of the last days in Susch we went back to the Berninapass together with my parents to see the Morteratschgletscher and the village Poschiavo. The weather was very nice this time and standing on a gletscher is a special experience. It's amazing to see how the gletscher is disappearing through the years. Along the road to the Morteratschgletscher there are signs to indicate the places where the gletscher ended every ten years after 1900. You wonder what shall be left of it in another hundred years...Watch the picture map.
Furkapass, MorelLeaving Susch we drove to Moerel, Wallis to camp near the river Rhone. Going there we took the Fluelapass, the Oberalppass and the Furkapass. At the Furkapass, one can see the Rhonegletscher. Inside this gletscher, a silly cave has been maded which one should visit only the first time one takes the Furkapass. I had been there ten years before, however it was Christa's first time to see Switserland and hence we went inside...
Camping in the Rhone valley one should drive to Blatten to walk to `Belalp', a nice spot where you can see the impressive Aletschgletscher and, looking to the other side and having nice weather, the Matterhorn. Watch the picture map.
Riederalp - Moosflueh - RierderfurkaIn Switserland to rise in the morning with the sky being totally blue means having to walk all day. So we took the luftseilbahn in Moerel to Riederalp. Walking there to Moosflueh, to Riederfurka and to Riederhorn is breathtaking. One can see the famous Aletschgletscher and enjoy the scenery of the Alps and the Aletschwald. The skyline at the south gives you among others the Monte Leone, the Dom, the Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn.Watch the picture map.
Grimselpass - Sustenpass - FurkapassA famous trip by car or motor-bike in the middle of the country is to do the Grimselpass - Sustenpass - Furkapass. The sky being blue again the cols were crawded with motorcyclists. Between the Sustenpass and the Furkapass one visits Andermatt, the heart of Switserland so to speak. It is there, at the Teufelsbruecke, where Napoleon had to fight the Russians some two-hundred years ago.Watch the picture map.
Northern Italy: Brescia - Milano - Lago d'IdroThe last week of our holiday we went to Italy, taking the Simplonpass. To enjoy the sun and be lazy, our goal was the stay at one of those lakes in Italy where one can find those campings crawded with Dutch people camping at the same spot year after year. Of course Lago di Garda was to much of a tourist-circus so we ended at Lago d'Idro near by. From there we visited Brescia and Milano. In Milano, we unfortunately missed the 'Last Supper' because we should have waited some six ours to see it. Now, I still only saw it before the restoration.Watch the picture map.
Going Home, GotthardpassIn the end, one always has to go home again. As we were not in a hurry, instead of taking the tunnel we took the Gotthardpass to cross the Alps again.Watch the picture map.
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