While I was away, Lisa baked some of her truly excellent chocolate oatmeal cookies. I used a couple of lenses: a 23mm and a 56mm, both offering fast apertures and great optical quality on the X-Pro2. In some instances I … Continued
Today is my last day in Switzerland and I’m spending it solo in Zurich. It is a collection of street photos I shot throughout the afternoon and evening. Like most major cities, Zurich has a lot of tourists, but also … Continued
Race day!
Today was kit pick-up day. Our riders were busy prepping their bikes. A few of us went to Meiringen, the location of the start/finish which required a drive through the Grimselpass. On the way back, we stopped into the village … Continued
I’m in recovery from injury (vs recovery from hard athletic effort), so these are a few snaps from today. The pictures of the sunflowers were taken from within the village of Bellwald.
Yesterday’s post arrives a little bit late… The morning started off with yet another beautiful sunrise. But the day took a turn for the worse, mitigated, however, by caring friends. During a training session I totally blew it, didn’t concentrate, … Continued
Today almost the rest of the group arrived. Before they arrived, Nat and I had Ricola for breakfast then watched the paragliders hanging out over the valley.
Today Nat and I rode from Zurich to Bellwald. It was quite an adventure: u-turns, eating plums and apples from farmers trees, taking our road bikes on off road on a mountain bike switch back and of course climbing several … Continued
As promised more photos from yesterday…
Short post today as I’m without the computer. Today, Nat and I drove to Bellwald and dropped off most our stuff. The goal tomorrow is to bike 175-180 km to Bellwald! It will be a moderate heat rate rise with … Continued
First day in Zurich: Nat and I landed around 8:30 in the morning in Zurich. We took the train then walked the the just over 1 km to the hotel. One kilometre isn’t far, 1,000m, which at a comfortable pace … Continued
