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Part 1 of Switzerland, 2018

Arriving in Zurich Together

My wife's business trip to Switzerland became our holiday. It began with a light-hearted question at immigration, an unfamiliar rail system and a grey afternoon by Lake Zurich.

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Part 2 of Switzerland, 2018

Basel and the Rhine Ferry

Half a day together in Basel before my wife's work began, with a walk along the Rhine, a small ferry across the river, the Minster and its cloisters, and the old town.

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Part 5 of Switzerland, 2018

Bellinzona's Castles and a Misty Lugano

A long day trip on my own from Basel, south through the Alps to the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, with the stone walls of Castelgrande in Bellinzona and a grey, misty afternoon by Lake Lugano.

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Part 7 of Switzerland, 2018

Bürgenstock, Above Lake Lucerne

The first day of our holiday together, moving to Lucerne, then a boat across the lake and a funicular up to Bürgenstock, for a quiet view over Lake Lucerne in the late afternoon.

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Part 8 of Switzerland, 2018

Mürren, Schilthorn and a Walk in the Snow

Our first full day in the mountains together, by train and cable car from Lucerne to Mürren and the Schilthorn, with Piz Gloria and its James Bond connection, a walkway on the cliff and a long walk down through the snow.

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Part 9 of Switzerland, 2018

Lucerne, Mount Rigi and a Ride in the Snow

A busy Sunday together, by boat across Lake Lucerne and cogwheel train up Mount Rigi, with a stone from a Chinese mountain we had once climbed, a sledge in the snow and a cable car and boat back to Lucerne.

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Part 10 of Switzerland, 2018

A Day in Bern and the Einstein House

The last day of our Swiss Travel Passes, spent in Bern together, with the old town on its bend of the river, a walk beside the green water of the Aare, the clock tower and the small apartment where Einstein once lived.

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Part 11 of Switzerland, 2018

The Last Days in Zurich

Back in Zurich for a last afternoon together, then on my own again, with a morning at the Rhine Falls, a long train ride to a snowy Grindelwald, and a final day in the city before my flight home.