Switzerland, especially Lauterbrunnen, is expensive for dinner (also pretty much everything else). At a restaurant just a pizza will set you back 20 to 25 francs plus a beer for another 5. If you want to move up to ‘real’ food, a steak for example, it climbs up to 45 to 60 francs. That’s about […]

The alpine blowers going through the streets of Wengen Swiss flag from Mannlichen with the Lauberhorn in the foreground and Jungfrau in the background. Today is National Swiss Day. Something you learn very quickly whilst in Switzerland, and especially smaller mountain areas, is that the Swiss love their country. So of course today they bring […]

Just chillin and eating some grass with the south face of the Eiger in the background Another animal you come across a lot of whilst hiking around is mountain goats. These dudes are awesome. I’ll be walking along a rather precarious path on the edge of a cliff and there is goats jumping all over […]

Yeppp….pretty close. There’s a few things that just scream Switzerland, especially the Swiss mountains, and one of those things is cows. You can hear cowbells for miles when you are hiking all around Lauterbrunnen/Grindelwald. They are gentle giants though, often being more scared of you, even allowing you to pat them on the head. Many […]

Lance powering towards the end of a very solid time trial. This might just be the best cycling photo ive ever taken. The whole photo is sharp as a tac. Click continue for all the photos.