We have accidentally visited Switzerland a couple of times recently, but with never enough time to ‘do (some of) the sights. so on the way to a little conference-lette in Austria, we took a couple of days or so in Switzerland, stopping off first with Dirk and Isabel (they spent time in ILRI during the worst of the more recent troubles in Kenya, and still managed to have a relaxing time!)
to acclimatise to the scenery …

Dirk is a cycling enthusiast, and this is the view from the top of one of his favourite hills

Then off to Interlaken

by train up into the mountains

by train to to picture postcard valleys

into the snowline

up in cable cars to places frequented by James Bond

and still further up

snowploughs can be fun machines

The north face of the Eiger

The train that goes up into the Eiger and beyond

Most of our fellow passengers were from India, China and Japan and some found the scenery quite exhausting

a station on the way up

on top of europe: the Jungfraujoch

and the same view in