Thursday, 1 May 2008

Nostalgic Swiss army bike tour around Lake Thun




Ascension day - as trees and flowers begin to blossom we did not quite feel like going for another day of skiing anymore. However, most pathes and tracks in the forests and mountains are still too wet and swapy to allow a decent mountain bike tour. So we decided to go nostalgic today. Freed our two Swiss army bikes - both around 40 years of age - from spider webs and hit the road around Lake Thun (approx. 55-60 kilometers. Around this time of the year Lake Thun is simply gorgeous. Lush green hills, turquoise water, the snowy mountain ranges in the back and plenty of garden restaurants along the shore... here a few impressions of todays trip.

pic 1: beach bar and restaurant at harbour in Gunten (North shore of Lake Thun)

pic 2: Castle and harbour of Spiez (South shore of Lake Thun)