A Drive Through Furka Pass

Before this trip, most of our trips in Switzerland were about hiking and mountains. We would drive to a place, park the car, and then continue by cable car or on foot. This time, we wanted to try something different. While looking around on Google Maps, we noticed several mountain roads south of Lucerne. Routes 2, 19, 6 and 11 formed a big loop through the mountains, starting and ending around Wassen. ...

September 13, 2026

Finally, Grütschalp to Mürren

We went hiking in Switzerland again last weekend. This time, we chose the hike from Grütschalp to Mürren. He had done this hike before when he was on a business trip. He wanted to do it with me, so we planned to go together. We had planned this hike a few times this year, but the cable car from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp was under maintenance. Walking from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp would have been too tiring, so we gave up each time. ...

September 7, 2026

Hiking to Männlichen

One weekend in June, we went to Grindelwald. We parked at Grindelwald Terminal and took the Eiger Express up. From there, we started walking towards the top of Männlichen. The three famous mountains — Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau — were behind us almost the whole way. Because of that, we kept turning around to look at them while walking. When we reached the viewpoint at the top of Männlichen, the three mountains were right in front of us. They looked huge and beautiful. The view was really impressive. ...

July 1, 2026