My first flight (see
flight log) and first visit abroad was with
Dashwood Road Junior school. We flew to Basle and took the train to
Montreux. From this sedate high class resort, which I suspect our
elderly headmaster had a penchant for, we took day trips. This
included an impressive rack railway journey up to the summit of
Rochers de Naye from which we viewed Mont Blanc. We visited the
Gruyere cheese factory. A journey in a paddle steamer on Lake Geneva
took us to a village and a step over the french border at St.
Gingolph. We also visited the Chateau de Chillon. We flew back home
from Geneva.
Two fantastic weeks with FOCUS club. Several of us were
catered for in chalet by 2 'maids'. In first week in Saas Fee a few of us
trekked in the mountains and then in the second week I skied with the
group who schooled me with much patience. We also made a day visit to
Zeermat and skied under the Materhorn.
With my colleagues planning to fly on the Monday for a
meeting with ABB in Baden I decided to make a long weekend of it and visit
Sandra. We drove from Zurich, via Frenkendorf, to the superb Berner
Oberland and stayed in Grindelwald for 2 nights. Walked to the summit of
Faulhorn (2681m) clad in sandals which was rather cold since much snow
still remained. I pursuaded Sandra to make a brief visit to
Liechtenstein.
