When I took these photos, I though it would be nice to wait for another day with the same conditions to publish them. Well, I missed the opportunity. We had snow this winter, but it quickly disappeared and now everything is beginning to bloom. Everyday during my walks I see […]
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March is here and with it, the first signs of spring. Here in Zurich there’s hardly any trace of winter. Maybe it’s still possible to find tiny patches of snow or ice in Uetliberg, but not in the city anymore. There are tiny flowers growing already. A lot of crocuses […]
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The weather has been great lately here in Switzerland. Blue sky, shiny sun, warm temperatures… It has made me forget about the last snowfall we had a few weeks ago! I was trying to take some photos in the forest near home, but I only got poor photos, a wet […]
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The other day I had the opportunity to visit again one of the places that impressed me most this winter: Aletsch Arena. A few months ago, we went to this region of Canton Valais in hope to see its main natural wonder and attraction, the Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier […]
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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 […]
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There are some places where it takes longer for the summer to arrive. You may be thinking about the northern countries like those in Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland… Well, here in Switzerland we have also some of these locations! There are still a few glaciers in the Alps (sadly, they are […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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