It seems that this summer is all about visiting glaciers or revisiting places that I have already seen during winter. Visiting glaciers has been an impressive experience! I didn’t get to take a closer look to the Icelandic glaciers when I visited the country a few years ago, and seeing […]
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Chasing shooting stars in Alpstein
If there is something that I’ve been wanting to photograph since I got my first camera, that would be stars and starry skies… And this is something that somehow I can never do! Sometimes is the weather, other times it is the moon, and some other it is the tiredness […]
Read MoreA walk into the Glacier
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, […]
Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe Challenging Grosser Mythen
When we arrived to Switzerland more than one year ago, a friend asked us if we liked hiking. “Of course!” was our answer. And he proposed us to hike the Grosser Mythen. “Why not?”, we answered, not really knowing what we were accepting. Time passed and we didn’t talk about […]
Read MoreExploring the Swiss Grand Canyon, Creux du Van
Despite of Böögg’s prediction for this year, summer is being great in Switzerland. It is often hot, most of the days are sunny and weekend plans like making a barbecue at the lake followed by a swim are often the most appealing these days. But I am trying to not getting too […]
Read MoreGlattalpsee, the coldest place in Switzerland
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 […]
Read MoreYosemite II. Driving in Tioga Road
My second day in Yosemite was as exciting as the first one. We decided to spend that day in the upper part of the Park, driving the Tioga Road to the small town of Lee Vining at the shores of Mono Lake. This part of Yosemite NP is less known […]
Read MoreBig Sur
After spending a few days in San Francisco and the bay area, we headed south. The plan was driving along the coast, following the Highway 1 from San Francisco to Prismo Beach. But after we made the hotel reservations I started to plan the stops on the route and I […]
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