Switzerland - 10 Days and you'll want more

Adventure 17-06-2024

I know, I Know, this is not the companion you expected for this post:

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Not to bring anyone down - Be aware that this post is different

But, we did not use the sport mode. Ever 🙊

What we did was to take some data to compare the costs of travelling by car compared with bikepacking:

I started the trip couple of days alone.

Visiting for the first time the Rhine river:

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The other shore is Germany
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The Rhine during June - Massive Flow those days
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First impressions - The room were I Stayed had a interesting library

And old people seems to be made out of other material…

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I could not resist to make a stop under this tree

The owner of this motorbike was also resting and he spoke to me in German (or Swiss?)

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It seems this what you do when you are retired in Switzerland

Despite he mentioned that he was not good at English - We could communicate perfectly, we discussed what we were up to, where we were heading…

…and… I had to ask for a video on how that engine sounds during startup.

The landscapes in the area looked like this:

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Not yet in the Swiss mountains
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Pay attention also to the animals around

These were quite different to the ones I found in Estonia:


Exploring Zurich and Rhine Falls

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It seems this what you do when you are retired in Switzerland
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It seems this what you do when you are retired in Switzerland
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Zurich City Center by Night
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It looks unreal even when rainning

Exploring Mountains in Switzerland

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This is what you came for - Mountains in Switzerland
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This is what you came for - Mountains in Switzerland
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A new friend during the hike
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Mountains in Switzerland during summer afternoon

We went up to a glaciar, but the way was still closed (in June)

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Wait, there is something off here

Closed? well, the bridge was still there…

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This is what i mean when I said the bridge was BROKEN

Guess who was so intelligent to bring this shoes for the hikes

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They were so confortable to dance in Zurich though - Worth?

The amount of snow at both sides of the road was as high as a person.


The Swiss French Area

I have mixed feelings about this region.

It is definitely not the same as the german speaking side - and I am not only talking about the language and the landscapes.

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I told you - It looks like a different country
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Lausanne by Night
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Breakfasts are also different - Yet delicious!
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Fondue in Geneve - I also dont know how one of my friends dont like cheese

My Conclusions about Switzerland

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