Another brief post to update you on our movements. Since leaving Liechtenstein we've travelled the length of the Swiss Alps on the aptly named Glacier Express train, stopped for a day in Bern and caught the world-famous Jungfraujoch cog railway up to a dazzling snow-covered observation platform 3,500 metres above sea level (both photos in this post were taken from my lunch-time restaurant seat at Jungfraujoch).
Thank goodness we left the UK when we did. As a result we've avoided the travel chaos that's swept across Northern Europe for the last four days thanks to unseasonably heavy snowfalls. Thousands of flights have been cancelled, stranding ten of thousands of passengers and transforming airport terminals into temporary camp sites.
Airport operators say that the sheer volume of snow - in some areas 12.7cm (five inches) fell in just one hour on Saturday - led to extensive ice build-up around aircraft on the ground trapping aircraft at their stands.
Fortunately, we've been far enough south to avoid the worst of the foul weather. Instead, we've been blessed with blue skies every day an alpine outing has been scheduled or have enjoyed a cheery dose of light, fluffy (romantic Christmas quality) snow on days where it made for an ideal backdrop.
Fortunately, we've been far enough south to avoid the worst of the foul weather. Instead, we've been blessed with blue skies every day an alpine outing has been scheduled or have enjoyed a cheery dose of light, fluffy (romantic Christmas quality) snow on days where it made for an ideal backdrop.
Merry Christmas everyone. This may be my last post until we return from our cruise in Antarctica.
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And a Merry Christmas to you too. Enjoy Antarctica, We'll be thinking of you!!!
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