Bonjour from the North face of the Eiger (at ground level, obviously!!) So we had a long day drive from Nancy to Grindelwald, about 6 hours, and arrived in the pouring rain with the low cloud blocking all the great views. We had just got the tent up in the rain and were putting everything inside when the campsite owner said we needed to move about 4ft as we weren't on the pitch correctly. So that was a nice welcome!! Anyhow, the next day was the big 50 for Jame...

Hello folks, been cold and very snowy here (hmmm it's only october) and things are great. Linda's managed to smash the coffee machine within 20 mins but no problems we'll just pop down the local mountain Argos ... Prices are a little steep here ... had lunch consisting of a 50 ml bottle of wine, cheese and bread, that's £60 gone, think they call it fondue, i call it a heist. 2-3 foot of snow was magical especially going out in it at midnight after the odd sherr...

Hey shorty, it's your birthday - gonna party like it's your birthday, drink Bacardi like it's your birthday . . . . it's like 50cents wrote it for me !! So, happy birthday me and thank you all for your kind texts, emails, cards and money - very much appreciated for my first ever birthday away from home. So, now we are up, up and away in the Swiss mountains, at Veysonnaz - it's truly breathtaking - the apartment has lots of windows so we have a perfect mountai...

Hello, and again, apologies for the lack of responses to emails / blog and picture updates. So, we moved on from Avignon (I will upload a picture to show you how bad our pitch was at the campsite, with the grey wall and all night lighting) - we had a fabulous dinner out on our last night - the 'plat du jour' at 11 euros was Maigret duck in a red sauce with potato gratin - it was delicious - one of the best meals I have ever eaten. From Avignon, we drove across...