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Trying on the Weather

Gruyères, Switzerland

I just spent a week in beautiful Switzerland with hubby, where the Alpine weather showed us all its forms. There was snow, there was sleet… it rained, and then it was bright again with warm sunshine.

You could see people in full winter gear with fur-decorated coats, and then you’d see other people stripped down to t-shirts – this would happen on the same street within 10 minutes apart. We only traveled with hand luggage, restricting us to what we had brought, so sometimes I was freezing and sometimes a bit too warm in my woollen spring coat. Is it summer, is it winter? Who knows.

Meanwhile, the sun finally found Helsinki, Finland, and we returned home to calm, blue skies. Though I spent most of today inside an office building, I still appreciate the shift towards sunnier weather. Hope it lasts!

This was my first time in Switzerland and my first impression was that it’s such an easy place to travel in. Everything went so smoothly, trains were on time; I felt safe and quite at home from the start. I don’t speak German but I do speak French – I liked the blending of the two languages. It felt like I was in the heart of Europe.

I’ll do some Switzerland-themed photo posts a bit later on, among my usual stories of past trips. And I have some catching up to do with all the great blogs I follow! Hope you’ve had a fun week!

33 replies on “Trying on the Weather”

Those Swiss clocks certainly did their job 😉 The weather has been a bit weird over here in Helsinki, too, which is one reason why I was surprised it was like that in Switzerland, as well! …Ciao!

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I am glad you had a sweet time there! The weather sounds similar to Virginia! At any moment it could hail and then just that quick we are turning on the Air Conditioner…but that is a great photo you shared. Thank you!

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I always try to carry as little as possible! 🙂 Of course sometimes I forget something important, trying to pack light… like my hair brush once! It was Christmas of course and I couldn’t buy a new one cos all the shops were closed… Sigh…

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I can’t remember if I ever visited Switzerland. I did follow the river Rhine to its origin and remember somewhere high up and looking at a little creek. It was the beginning of the Rhine. Was that in Switzerland? It was a beautiful day, but long ago.

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I know that feeling so well. There are so many places I’ve visited in the past that I don’t remember the names or details of, in France, Italy and Spain… Feels almost like a dream but I’m pretty sure I was there

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Haha yea! When I get to Switzerland post in my blog, I will be posting how we were running around and so excited about snow. And even after coming here, the first snow was pretty much like a fairy tale 😛 Second shower came, third and by fourth we were DONE with it. And now hoping desperately to find a job where it snows less or better no snow at all 😛 Is that a castle in the pic you have posted ?

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Haha! So now you know the mystery behind my blog’s title… desperately searching for somewhere warm, no snow for me, please! 😉 That is a castle in the photo, it was a Medieval village. More photos of it soon 😉 They’re not ready for posting yet!

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Ahah Swiss trains are definitely on time and they will apologize for a 2 minute delay if it happens – I find it really funny :p
I’m curious to read which other places you visited. Gruyère was a nice start for sure! Did you go inside the alien museum/bar?
And indeed, the April weather is crazy…

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