Ciao! June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland. This was the longest stop in our tour, there were three others. I was seven years and six months.
Mountains and Lakes in Switzerland
FURKAPASS, GRIMSELPASS, RECKINGEN, LOCARNO, GUARDA, DAVOS
Above-1: June 2015, Zurich Airport, Switzerland.
ARRIVED. Finnair flight from Helsinki took about 2,5 hours
Above-2: June 2015, near Zurich, Switzerland.
ARRIVED. From the airport we rented a car and begun our SwissTour
Above-3: June 2015, mountains, Switzerland.
- We drove in clouds over Julierpass, Furkapass and Grimselpass
- SwissTour took 5 days and over 1000 kilometres
Above-4: June 2015, St. Moritz, Switzerland.
- Jade coloured rivers, many, this is in St. Moritz
Above-5: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Lake Maggiore and mountains in Locarno are our favourite
- Locarno and Ascona seen from Hotel Stella in Orselina
Above-6: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Modern wing of Hotel Stella, our room was in here
Above-7: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- We knew Hotel Stella from before, good service
Above-8: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Hotel Stella's dining hall has great views
Above-9: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- We stayed two nights and three sunny days in Locarno
Above-10: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- We took steps down to city and came back up by funicular
- Steps down was quite a heavy choice
Above-11: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Park at Locarno center, lakeside of Lago Maggiore
Above-12: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- MaMa and BaBa photographed by DanDan
Above-13: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- I have visited this playground before and knew it all
Above-14: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-15: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-16: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-17: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-18: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-19: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-20: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-21: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-22: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-23: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Fun at Lake Maggiore
Above-24: June 2015, Locarno, Switzerland.
- Locarno is MaMa's "third hometown"
Above-25: June 2015, touring in Switzerland.
- Clouds low here, otherside of mountain was different
Above-26: June 2015, touring in Switzerland.
Above-27: June 2015, touring in Switzerland.
- We drove up from village below
Above-28: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Guarda is at 1653 meters high near Austrian border
- Guarda is in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, east of Davos
Above-29: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- The main street of Guarda. Behind me Hotel Meisser
Above-30: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Village is some 700 years old, our hotel only 300 years
Above-31: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Guarda has a few streets but many nice looking buildings
Above-32: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- We stayed a night here at Boutique-Hotel Romantica Val Tuoi
Above-33: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Village has 160 people during holiday time but felt now empty
Above-34: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-35: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-36: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-37: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Art shop
Above-38: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Art shop
Above-39: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-40: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-41: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Party grill, or maybe a smoker, hmm
Above-42: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- MaMa enjoys near mountain Piz Buin
Above-43: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- After a yellow La Posta car had passed, I went zikzak mode
Above-44: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-45: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-46: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-47: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-48: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-49: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Mountain name is Piz Buin, it's bigger than MaMa
Above-50: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Church gate, inside a cemetery
Above-51: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Clay arts shop
Above-52: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-53: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-54: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-55: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Ouch, am I sitting on something sharp!
Above-56: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Hotel Piz Buin got its name from Piz Buin mountain nearby
Above-57: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- After dinner in Hotel Piz Buin, photo by DanDan
Above-58: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-59: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-60: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
Above-61: June 2015, Guarda museum village, Switzerland.
- Leaving our Boutique-Hotel Romantica Val Tuoi
Above-62: June 2015, on the road again, Switzerland.
- Furkapass 2436 meters
Above-63: June 2015, on the road again, Switzerland.
- Furkapass was exciting to drive over
Above-64: June 2015, on the road again, Switzerland.
- Furkapass
Above-65: June 2015, on the road again, Switzerland.
- Lakes and rivers turquoise, jade, emerald green
Above-66: June 2015, Reckingen, Switzerland.
- We stayed one night at Hotel Blinnenhorn (on my right)
Above-67: June 2015, on the road again, Switzerland.
Above-68: June 2015, Davos, Switzerland.
- Steinberger Grandhotel Belvedere was the best hotel of our tour
- Room 341 had good space and two balconies
Above-69: June 2015, Davos, Switzerland.
- Welcome cocktails, service, space, good dinner
- Hotel Manager Heidi let me play their piano
- Breakfast with Champagne and necessities
- Like old times, or The Grand Budapest Hotel movie
Above-70: June 2015, Luzern, Switzerland.
- Swiss Museum of Transport: tunnel boring machine!
Above-71: June 2015, Luzern, Switzerland.
- Detail of tunnel boring machine's cutting shield
- We drove through tens of tunnels
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