Posts about Switzerland
Switzerland, a quadrilingual country in the middle of Europe, has been my home since 2001.
Random things in January 2022
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It seems to stick in my mind that by the time we get to January, we’re well into winter. But the snow and ice often doesn’t arrive where I live until January or February, although that doesn’t preclude it being pretty damned cold from time to time. January this year marked the arrival of my
New Choo Choo portfolio page
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Long-time visitors to the site may vaguely remember that I used to collaborate photographically with Bern pop band Choo Choo.
Axalp in the snow
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Walking in the snowy landscape of Axalp, high above Lake Brienz in the Swiss Bernese Oberland.
Sunrise over the Matterhorn
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Catching the first train from Zermatt onto the mountain and photographing the most well-known peak in Switzerland.
Spoilt for choice
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With so much to do and so many beautiful places to visit, the choice can sometimes be overwhelming.
Trying to communicate scale
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How to help a viewer to better understand the scale of a scene.
First signs of autumn on Spiezberg
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A lunchtime walk by the vineyards in the sunshine, ten years after moving away from nearby.
Last of the swallows
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Last of the swallows for this year, I suspect. I haven’t seen them around much this year at home, but there were dozens out yesterday, feeding their young before their long journey. (We have a perfectly-positioned telephone wire near our balcony, so it’s a great spot to watch and to photograph them.)
Bluebells in Switzerland
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Until I moved to Switzerland, my interest in photography was mainly confined to recording what I was up to; from time with friends and family, to documentary photography on the streets of London and capturing scenes when I was on holiday. I had begun getting interested in landscape photography after a few visits to the
A nerve-wracking trip to Birg cable-car station
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My only cable-car trip into the high Alps this past winter season was in February. Webcam confirmation of a fabulous cloud inversion encouraged me to get into the mountains after a long abstinence. I expected the visit to be be a nerve-wracking experience thanks to so many people wearing their coronavirus face-masks around their chins,
Uferweg Iseltwald
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A pedestrian-only footpath through the woods and cliffs on the southern shore of Lake Brienz.
The winds from the south
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Southerly winds form cloud waterfalls in the high mountains of the Swiss Alps.
Taking our bikes further afield
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Finally got a tow bar fitted to the car, which means we can mount a bike rack, which means we can take our bikes further afield at last!
Schloss Habsburg
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A mighty family rose from a little castle amongst the fields in Swiss canton Aargau.
Strandbad Rheinfelden
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About as close as we can get to visiting Germany at the moment; the car park next to the Rhine on the edge of Switzerland. (The river marks the northern border, which is closed because of the pandemic.)
Dampfschiff Spiez passing Faulensee
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The steamship “Spiez” – known colloquially and diminutively as “Das Spiezerli” thanks to its small size – en route from Thun to Interlaken for the first time after nearly five years of restoration work.
