Grindelwald: riding the velogemel
“If you can ride a bike, then it’s easy,” said my guide, Hans, before taking off down the snowy slope on a wooden contraption that looked more like an oversized […]
“If you can ride a bike, then it’s easy,” said my guide, Hans, before taking off down the snowy slope on a wooden contraption that looked more like an oversized […]
It’s a warm day in mid June, but some snow still lies in slushy puddles on this low alpine trail in Switzerland. We’ve been hiking for a couple of hours, […]
My eyebrows shoot up as I look out from my hotel window, expecting a serene, flawless Swiss morning scene, and instead see two bare bums. It seems my travelling companions […]
It was always going to be tough. I’m not a regular cyclist – although I enjoy it – and neither am I very fit, though I’d like to be. So […]
We lay in the dim glow of candlelight, listening. The room was shaking. The electricity was out. The plastic table and chairs on the balcony clattered as they were flung […]