Thought we'd keep our feet on the ground today & explore the local region a little so we set off along the escarpment winding down to the tiny village of Gimmelwald. Macromum was in her element taking lots of photos of plants, flowers & scenery - all beautiful. Switzerland's Alps are scattered with tiny wooden & stone huts with stacks of wood tidily cut & stacked for the winter. They appear randomly on hillsides, in villages & even beside the ...

The most perfect sunny still day meant we had to go back to Grindelwald in the hope that the First Flyer zipline would be operating & hooray - it was!!!! Up the gondola again to the top & were strapped into the zipline seats by a friendly young guy from Perth of all places! Loved the fast ride down 800m at 84km/hr which sounds fast but was actually plenty of time for me to take still photos & a movie while enjoying the adrenaline thrill........ Decide...

After doing several rail bookings with the extremely friendly, helpful & efficient rail staff we journeyed to Murren by train via Lauterbrunen, gondola up the cliff to Grutschalp & train along the cliff edge. Stayed at the lovely Hotel Bellevue which was recommended to us by Michelle Englart & we had a view to the south west across mountains & the very pretty town. Our first stop for a coffee was the hotel terrasse (terrace) with brilliant views a...

After a full day of excellent & easy train travel across France from Lille to Interlaken in Switzerland we were underwhelmed by our unfriendly greeting at the hotel. The bed frame was new & made a terrible noise at every move, even walking on the floor nearby but a few words with the manager had everything repaired - thank goodness & we felt much happier to be there. Walked around the town & lake before the obligatory fondue dinner, which was deli...

How impossible to sum up the last 4 days in words when there was so much to see, feel & imagine during our Back-Roads tour of Anzacs on the Western Front. It was the most marvelous introduction for us to group touring as we were just 13 people plus Simon our driver & tour leader. We travelled in comfort along the rural roads of northern France & Belgium, visiting many of the major memorials & battlefields of Flanders & The Somme but also going...