Let’s explore Berne Day 6 31/8/2018 Grey skies greet us this morning, what to do.seems like a great day to try the public transport and take a train ride to the city of Berne, named after the bears that many years ago lived in numbers but now only have a small number . They keep two in a pen as reminder of where the name Berne came from. Michelle is kind enough to take us to the station at Fribourg and just like the locals we buy our ticket from the machine ...

Seeing the sight Thursday 30/8/2018 day 5 Michelle and Danielle are taken us on a tour of the surrounding area of their home. The first place we are going to is a lovely town that has grown in the last five years as it is roughly the centre between Zurich and Geneva, it’s name Bulle. There is a small market held here every Thursday, fruit ,veggies, meats, cheeses, clothes and odds and ends are all sold here ,it is vibrant and easy ,it was an experience and Sh...

The Castle Day 4 29/8/2018 Today’s adventure takes us to the town of Montreux where we will find the castle of Chateau De Chillon. This is a castle of medieval era, many hundreds of years old. It’s history dates back to the the 12th century up until today. The savoy era 12th century til 1536, the Bernese era 1536 til 1798 and the vaudois era, 1798 until now. Excavations was carried out show this castle has been occupied since the Bronze Age. The castl...

28/8/18 day 2 Well I’m off to Fribourg by the Switzerland rail system, one of the best known in the world . So after a poor nights sleep I’m on the shuttle bus back to Zurich to the train station. Where the hell do I get this train, what platform , what time, the ticket just says “you catch it all day”. I grab some Maccas, bacon and egg burger and coffee , not that great . Right lets find our way around so let’s ask. First there was station attendan...

Hunting for Mushrooms Day 3 29/8/2018 New adventure , hunting for mushrooms We rise today to the stillness of the of the country on beautiful sun lite day but the background noise is like the chimes of a bell tower , those chimes are actually cow bells , so with every chomp of their jaw on the grass it moves the bell , 20 cow chewing together make quite a noise. It is 6.30am and Shirley and I are up having toast and coffee before we embark on something we have...