Switzerland
Storm Riders on Lake Zürich
One of the rare days on Lake Zürich when kitesurfing is possibile. Usually it comes with a storm, like it did this time.... it was a long cool session though, with strong gusty wind - but lots of fun!
Biketour Laax – Grap Masegn
Awesome day mountain bike tour in the Laax area – 32 km, 1’400m ascent.
The climb from Laax to Grap Masegn via Falera and Grap Sogn Gion leads 1400m in one go to Grap Masegn. It’s a mountain dirt road, quite steep at times. The downhill trails back to Laax are fantastic – different sections, some technical, some fast.
Epic Trail Davos
From Jakobshorn to Filisur, four hours of trails – only a few paved exceptions. Mostly gently downhill, some climbs, including a few uphill technical ones.
Tobel Hike Züri Oberland
Nice 7k hike through two beautiful river valleys in Zürich Oberland.
Maderanertal – Tritt Hike
The hike called Tritt in Maderanertal is a real gem. The stop towards the end of the hike a restaurant Legni is highly recommendable - don't miss out
Panixer Pass Hike
Panixer Pass Hike The six hour hike from Elm to Panix leads you through an amazing valley following the steep trail up to 2'500 meters. The massive mountain scenery is absolutely impressive. Route description
Biking in St. Moritz
Engadina The high valley in the Swiss Alps The sunny high valley of Engadine, nature shaped by lakes and glaciers and the flair of St. Moritz. The recently opened flow trails are a lot of fun for bikers - you will be able to up to 3'1000 meters on Piz Nair and cruise...
Single Trails in Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide Valbella Amazing weekend in the Swiss mountains. Single trail mountain biking, beautiful lakes and the stunning vista of the majestic mountains. We took the chairlift up to Piz Scalotta did the nice single trail straight down and then back up to Piz...
Bike tour Durannapass
Amazing bike tour in Graubünden. Starting in Davos, going up with the cable car to Weissfluhjoch (2700 m) then single trail down to Strelapass, further down to Langwies and then up to Durannapass - a long but easy climb. Super nice downhill to Schifers and then up to...
Lake Zürich Kitesurfing
First time Kitesurfing on Lake Zurich Autumn storm Fabienne terminated the amazing Swiss summer with a large low pressure system, hitting Switzerland on Sunday, September 27. With a perfect timing, the wind kicked in late Sunday afternoon, just early enough for a two...
Winter Skating Obergoms
First time skating was a great experience. We're totally hocked from this sports which is easy to learn and a perfect exercise in winter.
Swiss Alp Bike Ride Dreibündenstein
Biketour Chur up to Dreibündenstein and back to Chur, 42km, 1'600m climbing, 30 minutes carrying the bike. Great view on the top, 2'178m above sealevel, nice downhill, you can do the serious downhill trails Churwalden.
Winter Scenery
December Biking in Switzerland
Super mild temperatures in December in the higher areas, while below the fog its grey and freezing. Perfect to take out the bike for an afternoon ride to the top of Bachtel and enjoy the amazing view...
Opening: naturheilpraxis alba
Alexandra has opened her naturopathy practice naturheilpraxis alba in Zürich. Check out her website at www.praxis-alba.ch
Bike Tour Lachengrat
Biketour Näfels-Lachengrat-Klöntalersee-Näfels. 50km, technically easy climb and desent, 15 minutes bike carrying on the last 100m to Lachengrat total 1'600 meter climbing. Download GPX file here.
Eearly spring signs
Winter has finally arrived
Home improvement…
Saturday activity, build a new shack for garden tools and firewood storage.
Evening Bike Ride Bachtel
Salt Cinema Zürich
Lake Side showed Perfume: The Story of a Murderer in the open air cinema. We were really lucky with the weather, the sky was grey and locked at if it was going to pour down any second.
SUP Pfäffikersee
Nice afternoon SUP session on lake Pfäffikon. Got surprised though by a storm and could hardly make it back.....
Snowkiting in Wetzikon!
Last chance today for snowkiting in our neighbourhood! The north wind was slowly fading towards the weekend after having blown strong on Thursday and Friday. It was rather light but still a lot of fun – and the place was perfect, just between Ettenhausen and Wetzikon,...
From +34 to -5….
After three weeks of 34 Celcius in Brazil to -5 in Zürich. It's is beautiful winter though....
Beautiful Late Autumn
Winter is not far away.... however, a few mild days invite for a late afternoon bike ride up to Bachtel. If you're interested in the background Swiss Alp peak names, check peakfinder's view from Bachtel:
SUP Evening Session Lake Pfäffikon
Beautiful mellow SUP session on Lake Pfäffikon.
Living Room
We have received our new photography for our living room. The photography shows an abandoned car in the middle of nowhere in the desert of Arizona. The photography is part of Peter Püntener's "The End of the Road" series. The series is made up of several hundred...
Photoshop Adaptive Wide Angle Correction
Adobe Photoshop comes with a great feature for adaptive wide angle correction. I used in in our living room for creating a wide angle image consisting of three individual wide angle images. The final result: Wide angle corrected from the following merged image: The...
Spring is knocking the door….
Tango
Alexandra's first official Tango show-event.....