It’s Sunday and the world is barking mad. We are still on lockdown and travel is just possible in our dreams. So let’s dream. It’s time to visit beautiful Switzerland.
I was going through some old photographs and realised that at this time exactly 9 years ago a happy family was enjoying a wonderful Swiss holiday. We had taken the train to one of our favourite places in the world. The beautiful alpine village – Grindelwald. Not a naughty wizard to be seen.
During winter it is one of the country’s most famous winter sports destinations. During the summer it’s a hikers paradise.
Apart from the Harry Potter link it’s well used as a movie setting. The Golden Compass, The Eiger Sanction, Star Wars (the backdrop to Alderaan) and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (James Bond) have filmed here.
What makes this village so special is the views. It is surrounded by some of Europe’s finest mountains. The Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau, Lauteraarhorn, Schreckhorn, Wetterhorn, Lauberhorn, Mannlichen.
It’s the home of one of the most epic backdrops to a crazy golf course on the planet.
It was also home to our Son’s favourite ever train station.
We always struggled to drag him away from it. Thank you Grindelwald for making me smile on this lockdown Sunday.
Cool pictures. I always thought the Ginderwald was just fiction!
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It’s a stunning place. Funny, every single time we went there I got sun burnt.
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It’s the altitude I think. It is a fantastic place.
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I would happily live there.
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I was just reading a post from Angloswiss and she said that her family goes to Italy and France for vacations as living in Switzerland is just like living anywhere else!
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Our friends in Switzerland always headed to flat countries for holidays.
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I guess even living in a beautiful place, they want a change.
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That’s true.
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👍
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Great pics… esp your son with that huge smile!!
Do you have Harry Potter theme parks on your side if the pond? We have them at Universal Studios in CA and FL but I’ve never seen them in person.
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Don’t think we do. Only thing I’ve seen was the Harry Potter platform sign at the main train station in London
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Looks amazing. I hope the world heals soon and we are all allowed to travel again. Would love to have a Swiss holiday someday.
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You would so love it. It’s also a runners paradise.
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How sweet!
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Thank you x
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Yay! Swiss Sunday on Saturday Night💃🏼 It’s amazing to stand on green grass and see snow covered mountains so close. Every once in a while we can see snow from our house. Our mountains aren’t quite the Swiss Alps, but beautiful in their own way.
Kids love trains… We have a public transport trolley system in the county and both of my girls, and Ben love to see those red trolley cars go by. Seeing Son’s happy excited face reminds me of Younger yelling “twolly twain, twolly twain!” every time she saw it.
Thank you for the views, the virtual fresh air, and for reminding me of a memory that makes me smile!!😁💌
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I’m so pleased xxx
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really refreshing to see the old pictures, and remember the moments.
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Gorgeous photos! Just close your eyes and be transported back to that holiday.
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It’s a stunning place.
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Thanks for the virtual visit to Switzerland 💚
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It’s a special place. Thank you for looking at it.
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I really can’t wait for this to be over. Switzerland is so beautiful and I will probably give a lot to see Grindelwald… Potter head to the core.
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Fingers crossed. It’s a stunning place to visit, even for muggles.
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😂😂😂
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So serene! I needed this, thank you!
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That’s great to hear.
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That was a lovely visit. Thank you.
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I’m pleased
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It made me smile too, especially that 😎 smile finale. Thank you for the beautiful share. 😊
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Thank you, that’s so nice to hear.
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Great smile 🙂 I want to go too.
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It would be so worthwhile.
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I love Swiss Sunday! Great photos!
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I’m so pleased. It’s good to have these dreams.
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A stunning location and lovely portrait photograph
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Thank you Sir.
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He was sure looking happy in that photo. ☺ The golf course looks like it would be fun. Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy the sights.
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It is a fun little course. It got the better of me.
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Oh, I bet! ☺ It looks like it could be trouble. Fun, but trouble.
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Definitely trouble and fun.
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I first went to Grindelwald when I was about the same age that your son is in the far too cute picture. My father loved it. Loved Switzerland. Skied for the Royal Navy Ski team in the 1940s and 50s which would later prompt a friend born in the Dolomites to comment that this was rather like having an Alpine Yachting Team. Anyway. Thank you for the beauteous memories not just of a place but of a man I miss to this day. Something I know you understand far too well. Go gently.
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That’s a lovely memory. When was the last time you went to Grindelwald.
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I was about to say ten years ago and then realised that it must be 15. Where on earth does the time go?
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It’s going somewhere
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Stunning place
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Gorgeous photos. Makes me want to go back again though it was a very long time ago that I was in Switzerland. I’ve never been to Grindelwald, but we stayed in Lucerne and Lugano and I went up to the top of Mount Pilatus. But that was back in 1971. Even when we are allowed to travel once again, it’s far too expensive to travel from Canada, so I will simply just have to dream about it. Your photos help with that.
By the way, thank you for the follow on my blog.
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Lucerne is beautiful. I bet it’s changed so much in that time. I know my partner would say how much some areas had changed since she first started coming.
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I know that the covered bridge was removed a decade or more after I was there, so I guess I was fortunate to have been there when I was. I imagine much more has changed too. But I was able to use some of my experience there in my novel, so am keeping the memories alive in more ways than one.
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Lucerne still has it’s covered wooden bridge, although it did have to be rebuilt after a fire.
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That’s good to hear. I had read that it was taken down, and I thought it was to preserve the paintings. Glad to know it can still be enjoyed by all.
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Sadly many of the paintings got destroyed or damaged. They repaired as many as the could.
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
SWISS MISSED! MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE SAID SO, TOO!
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Thank you so much.
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😀
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Absolutely beautiful! I want to go to Grindelwald after seeing this post. Unless I win the lottery, I probably won’t see that checked off my bucket list. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Yes I keep putting a lottery ticket on.
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Yes and thank you Gary for sharing. It made me smile. Having a hard time falling to sleep and so I hoped in WP and saw these gorgeous mountains. Now hopefully I can dream of them.😊
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So pleased.
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😊
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the places look like a great vacation spots …even in the time of coronavirus.
great memories too, as I see :))
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It’s such a cool place. Even I felt cool walking there with my cheap shades on.
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Oh, you’ve challenged me to read the german namings. Made it through 😂
I want to say thank you for taking me with you in Switzerland, never been until now but the pictures surely made me dream.
Btw, your kid’s smile is gorgeous!
Take care!
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I do hope you go one day. You would love it.
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