Finally going in

by | Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

We’re waiting at the lights to go into the Gotthard tunnel…finally! It should be smooth sailing from here. We’ll make another switch on drivers after this since all the stop and go has killed S’s legs…so we’ll make a quick pit stop...

At the Gotthard tunnel

by | Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

Well, it’s almost 1 pm and we’re not yet to Locarno. We’ve got 102 km left according to TomTom which should only take us about an hour…but we’re a few km from the start of the tunnel with full traffic jam. The problem is that they...

Just about half way…

by | Apr 6, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

So we’re on our way to Locarno and are about half way there. Our navigation system says we have a little less than 3 hours left which would get us there at about 1 pm. With any luck, this will actually turn out to be true and we can perhaps get in a bit of...

Getting ready to go

by | Apr 5, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

We’ve packed up our climbing gear and most of the stuff for the dog. I’ve also started packing my travel and overnight bags but hubby is waiting until we go to bed….which will be very shortly. We’re planning to get up at about 5 am and hope to...

Going on vacation

by | Apr 5, 2007 | Travel

Ayla is going on vacation over Easter. We’re going to Locarno, Switzerland, to do some climbing, enjoy a bit of Italian atmosphere and hopefully some beautiful weather, too. We’re staying in a two-room apartment in the middle of the city which we stayed at...

Darn that LL Bean

by | Apr 5, 2007 | Travel

Well, we received the new Spring 2007 LL Bean catalog and I have to say that once again I am fearful that we’ll need to buy one of everything from it. Well ok, maybe not one of EVERYTHING… but there are lots of very nice things that would make our camping...