... than the sea level in my last post was the mountain top I explored last weekend. You might guess that this must have been back in Switzerland... rright!

Together with friends I made an alpine tour at picture-perfect weather: Sunshine, blue sky, green alpine meadows and snow-covered mountain tops at the horizon all around. You could say that this is why one comes to Switzerland :-)

Our trip was the advanced version of an relaxed Sunday walk. Distance 20 km, we started at an altitude of 1300m and hit a bit more than 2600m at the top, total duration was around 10 hours. But hey, somehow you need to compensate for those 5 days every week, where your only movements are your fingers dancing on the keyboard...

(enter 'medergen, switzerland' in GoolgeMaps and you will find the area where our route was)

I am that happy because we've just left 2 hours straight upwards-walking behind us and it's lunch time :-)


Down there in the back of the valley we parked our car.


Big explorers did always point out something at the horizon, didn't they?


This lovely alpine village, Medergen (2.000m), was our last stop before we had to turn downwards again to return to our car. The village consists of well-preserved wooden alpine cottages only, still without electricity and tap water. The true luxury up here is silence and the stunning nature around, making this a place where you would like to stay a bit longer...