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Andermatt: through the Schöllenen Gorge to Göschenen

September 27, 2019 / / 0 Comments

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September 25th 2019

“Places of power” and a battle by General Suvorov in 1799

This morning the rain came pouring down again. Therefore I have the opportunity to tell about the past days in Andermatt which I found very special. Actually by chance I was able to attend the commemoration ceremonies around the Russian “Generalissimus Suworow” and his heroic actions in the Schöllenen Gorge during his battle with Napoleon’s troops on September 24th and 25th 1799, now 220 years ago. Continue reading

Walk on the Saaser Alp above Klosters to Saas i.P.

October 5, 2018 / / 0 Comments

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September 22nd 2018

Through the fog and over the “Energie-Spürweg” (“Feel the energy trail”)

Early this morning I looked out of my window to check on the weather and then I saw an historical locomotive in the railway station: it was the “Krokodil” (the “crocodile”) dating from 1929, a locomotive with “cult status”! This is the showpiece of the Rhaetian Railways. Continue reading

Prehistoric finds high above S-chanf

September 24, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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September 21st 2017

New discoveries in the Engadin

When I left Elm yesterday morning and travelled into the Engadin, the sun was shining abundantly. Because of the snow all mountain tops around Elm were radiating in the morning sun. Continue reading

Weisstannen and the magic of the Valley

September 18, 2017 / / 0 Comments

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September 17th 2017

Waterfalls and ibexes

Yesterday I arrived in Weisstannen, the place where I ended my hike on the Green Trail of the Via Alpina in the end of the month of July. When I arrived at the railway station of Sargans I was lucky to catch the bus, a few minutes past five o’clock, to Weisstannen: it was the first bus. Continue reading

 

 

 

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