It’s been a few weeks of heat wave here in Switzerland. With thermometers over 30º, it’s hard to go outside during the day, and even harder to sleep well at night… I’d never had imagined that summers in Switzerland could be so hot!!! Apparently, this is being an unusual summer, […]
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The Matterhorn Glacier Trail. The last days of the Ice Giants
Once upon a time, there were two giants in the Swiss Alps. They were made of ice and they lived up in the highest summits. From there, they covered huge extensions. Their power was huge. You couldn’t see them moving, but they did, slowly. And in their step, they transformed […]
Read MoreMeeting the Matterhorn
Last week it was our fifth wedding anniversary and we decided to make something truly special to celebrate it. We spent the weekend in one of the most beautiful areas of Switzerland: Zermatt, a little town in the valley of Matter, in Canton Valais, surrounded by some of the highest […]
Read MoreHiking Alpstein again
Last week I didn’t post anything… I was in Spain, celebrating my birthday with my family and friends, and I didn’t feel like paying attention to the blog or the social networks during those days. I just focused on enjoying the weekend as much as I could and I didn’t […]
Read MoreSpring in Seealpsee
As I mentioned in my previous post, my brother in law stayed with us for a few days. I wanted to show him really beautiful Swiss landscapes and, after taking him to Lauterbrunnen, the stakes were very high! So, after taking him to a valley that looks like made by […]
Read MoreThe valley of the waterfalls
Since I started taking photos I have visited incredibly beautiful places… Iceland is by far my favorite, but there are others that have left me very impressed. Yosemite, Ireland’s west coast, Scotland… They are all gorgeous places! Here in Switzerland there are also so many incredible landscapes. But there is […]
Read MoreSpring hike in Stoos
Well, it took a bit longer than last year, but spring is finally here. And it looks it won’t last long!! These last days have been more like summer in Switzerland. The sun shines and the temperatures are almost 30º C in some parts of the country!! With this amazing […]
Read MoreSpring has arrived!!
Another winter post? Well, I’m sure that’s what you have though when you saw the first photos of this post… But no, this is not another winter post! This is rather the first spring post of this year… Spring begun officially the 20th of March… But it seemed to take […]
Read MoreLooking for the glacier
The last weekend of February a Siberian storm called Emma, a.k.a. “the Beast from the East”, visited Europe and, of course, Switzerland. While the storm brought very low temperatures and beautiful and rare snowy postcards to some European capitals like Dublin or Rome, here in Switzerland it brought freezing temperatures […]
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