I confuse the east and west of Switzerland, I also say eastern Switzerland is out west because it is more wild and mountainous (like BC of Canada).
Wow, it's been a long time since I've missed a month without any postings! In May I spent a long weekend out East in Switzerland hiking around Sargans.
My memory is a bit fuzzy at this point and I can't remember everything that we did. However, I remember arriving at sunset at a lake where the mountains plunge down into the depths.
One part of the trip was walking through a canyon that the Rhine winds through that used to be a very dangerous pass through the mountains, the
ViaSpluga. We had to stay relatively low in elevation because there was still a lot of snow in the mountains.
The next day our group split, one attempted to climb Santis while myself and a colleague took the gondola up.
In the end that turned out to be a good choice because the route was treacherous and the other group had to turn back shortly after starting.
At the bottom of the mountain they had some example rocks showing what could be found in all the layers. One sample had large single fossilized cells. Here's a picture with a coin for scale.
Then we went hiking somewhere which I can't remember the name. But there was a lovely apple tree.
I do remember it was along the Rhone river. Or was it the Rhine.
There were these fantastic crumbling cliffs along the river.
Then in St. Gallen it was another trip to the church (still fantastic and worth seeing as a UNESCO site). One strange thing I found in town were onions hanging around the
And there was a fountain with a turtle.
Then it was a long train ride back to Lausanne.
