Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Piz Gloria

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Roger

When we arrived in Murren, we didn’t have a plan apart from eating fondue. But while we were wandering the streets on Friday afternoon, we happened upon the station where we could take a cable car to the top of … Continue reading →

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Animal #70 — Eurasian Red Squirrel

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

sciurus vulgaris Friday, April 19, 2019 — 5:40 pm Murren, Switzerland One day when we were driving somewhere in Europe I may have seen two deer in a field along the road. When someone in the car mentioned them, I … Continue reading →

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Bird #532 — Coal Tit

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

periparus (from peri, very, all-around, and parus, tit) ater (dull black) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 5:28 pm Murren, Switzerland We’d finished our walking tour of Murren and were heading back to our hotel when we stopped to watch a … Continue reading →

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Bird #531 — Yellow-billed Chough

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

pyrrhocorax (from purrhos, flame-coloured, red, and korax, raven) graculus (origin unknown) Friday, April 19, 2019 — 4:45 pm Murren, Switzerland After taking the cable car up to Murren and checking into our hotel, we wandered the streets of the town. … Continue reading →

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Murren

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Roger

My daughter booked us a night at the Edelweiss Hotel in Murren, Switzerland, 5,374 feet up in the Alps. To get there, we had to catch a cable car in Lauterbrunnen. We bought our tickets and walked up the stairs … Continue reading →

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