just arrived back home in sunny Wales,after a brill week touring.its pic heavy but if you like to think of planning a trip to the Alps this might give you a few ideas.This time because of time we hired a car in Geneva it was £600 for the week we could of got a skodafor a third of the price,but a soft top for the Alps is a must and between four of us it wasn't so bad the return flight was £98 so that was a bonus.It was a little cramped and storage was at a premium so we all had soft luggage and Sarah and I went with hand luggage only.but we still had to cram it into the boot carefully. Here's our trusty steed,not quite @FRANKIE m
The first day we took our time and drove to interlaken,a lovely drive around the French side of lake Geneva towards Montrose and then over the mountain to our hotel.Its only 20 mins from ther up to the Eiger,and I've read so many stories about it it's a must on my stops,this is the first time we've actually taken the cable car to the nearby mountain to gaze fully at the famous North face and the jungfrau railway station the highest in Europe,you need to take out a morgage to ride the train inside the mountain,maybe I ought to start doing the lotto the cable car was worth the £45 to get to the top and back it's a 3 hour walk back down if your feeling fit.but it looks lovely.
It's hard to believe but the station is on the skyline between these two peaks,from the top you can gaze down at the jungfrau glacier
From here we had to push on to Grimsel pass and the furka pass on to Disentis via another beautiful pass to our hotel for the night.Next morning it was back to Andermatt and over to Airolo via the Gottard pass,make sure you take the old one on the cobbles it's crazy .
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from here we drove up the nufen pass and stopped at the top to watch an e type pour it's coolant all over the parking,it was one of a number of classics struggling over.looked like to much hassle for me but I take my hat off to them.We then drove via some scenic detours to the ski resort of Verbier.Part two to follow...
The first day we took our time and drove to interlaken,a lovely drive around the French side of lake Geneva towards Montrose and then over the mountain to our hotel.Its only 20 mins from ther up to the Eiger,and I've read so many stories about it it's a must on my stops,this is the first time we've actually taken the cable car to the nearby mountain to gaze fully at the famous North face and the jungfrau railway station the highest in Europe,you need to take out a morgage to ride the train inside the mountain,maybe I ought to start doing the lotto the cable car was worth the £45 to get to the top and back it's a 3 hour walk back down if your feeling fit.but it looks lovely.
From here we had to push on to Grimsel pass and the furka pass on to Disentis via another beautiful pass to our hotel for the night.Next morning it was back to Andermatt and over to Airolo via the Gottard pass,make sure you take the old one on the cobbles it's crazy .
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.We drove over down into the town,sat for a coffee ,bought a sandwich and a drink and headed for Lacettes Montvernier ,my dream.we drove into the little village at the bottom and there they were clinging on to the mountain.I supose I had built them up so much in my mind I could of been dissapointed......I wasn't it was the best I didn't want it to end,the only way it could of been better if I had been driving my Z.Theres a little church at the top of the Lacettes that you have to walk across a field to get to, we sat there and ate our picnic looking down at the road,it as lovely.Too soon we had to go but the road kept on giving all the way to the top,it's narrow and twisty and clings to the edge of the mountainside with the occasional overhang of rock that looks like it could fall at any time
.Once over we drove down into the valley back up to Evian les bains for the last 2 nights for a rest.