Monday 9 November It's a beautiful day. Except I'm quite itchy when I get up. And it comes more apparent as the day goes on just how extensive the biting is! Why does it always pick me? We have breakfast and then head out on the town. Our book guide has a self guided walking tour so we set out to follow it. We stop by the info centre just to clarify a few points. We see old churches and paintings. Bridges and dams. Cute streets and a dying lion. All against the...

Sunday 8 November We get up and have breakfast then grab our things out and do more planning until we are kicked out of the common room for it's weekly cleaning. We decide we will catch the train now to lucern. It's about an hours train trip. Once there, it's a bit of a walk to the hostel and thankfully we can get our room early. I have a much needed nap after much poor sleeping. We I get up we check in properly, get info on the surrounding mountains and go for...

Saturday 7 November We get up and Malcolm cooks a delicious breakfast. We get ready to leave and catch the tram. We start walking up the hill and see cleaver wood toys and carvings in the window of a shop. We then take the 'hill tram' up to the top of a hill. It's beautiful and the view amazing. We walk around the paths and sit on the seats overlooking the view. We spend most of the day up the hill. They have a bear park here. But it wasn't as impressive as it s...

Friday 6 November We get up early and walk to the bus station. It's a nice ride along the beach pomade. Terminal transfer bus then straight through security where we eat breakfast. The flight isn't packed which is nice. There was one upset 'gentleman' (debatable I guess) who was getting very upset because his 'carry on' bag didn't fit in the measuring frame. It's otherwise a non eventful flight. In Basel we buy our tickets for the bus and train. It's a lovely da...