Holiday 2007Until the day before departure we are not sure where we want to go. Options include Sweden, France, Switzerland, Slovenia and Bulgaria. Only very late do we decide. We depart on Thursday 16 August, and drive towards the south. Once again we were able to borrow Laura's mother's car, a Ford Ka, and we bought a new tent.
Sully-sur-Loire and the river in the evening.
The new tent and me, at the Loire.
This satellite image of Google Maps shows the village Cayres and the crater lake in the forest, Le Lac du Bouchet.
Laura near the tent and the car at the camping in Cayres.
Scanned image of the business card of the hotel at the Lac du Bouchet.
View from the pedalo over the crater lake.
Surroundings of the Lac du Bouchet. The photo was taken from a slope, with the volcano behind me.
Photogenic church, not far from our camping.
Meadows with small stone walls.
Wall with red stones on top.
Fallen into disrepair.
St. Didier-sur-Alliers from the other side of the valley.
View from my shelter during the rain on a walk.
Our tent at the camping in Le Lauzet.
The tent is near the river Ubaye.
Mountain tops near the village.
At the camping an old Citroën truck is parked in a shed.
The road to Barcelonnette.
The lake near Le Lauzet in 2006 (a photo from Wikimedia Commons).
Laura over the ravine of the Ubaye.
View of a lower bridge over the Ubaye.
A waterfall along mossy stones.
The road leads us into a dark tunnel.
Looking backward from inside the tunnel.
The beast.
One last look at the ravine.
Too cold to swim.
Fruit on the tree above our tent. We are on a campsite near the Lago d'Orta in Italy.
Laura at the Lago d'Orta.
The island San Giulio, in the Lago d'Orta. This photo wasn't taken by us, but I don't remember where I got it from.
Our food this evening (flash!).
Square in Vigévano.
Covered road in the castles of Vigévano.
Looking upwards from under the tree.
Full moon (apparently with a branch in front).
Full moon, that same night.
Village near the Grimsel pass (photo taken from the car).
A stacked house. Above the ground floor, above the front door, vertical beams carry round, flat stones, on top of which the top floor of the house rests. This photo wasn't taken by us.
Hairpins in the road ahead disappear, up the mountain side and into the cloud/mist of the Grimsel pass (photo taken from the car).
View of the Rhône-glacier in the mist (photo taken from the car). This glacier is the (larger part of the) source of the Rhône river.
The lake is called the Totensee, and is on the highest point of the Grimsel pass, 2160 metres above sea level.
Laura in the hotel room.
View from the hotel room.
The same view fifteen minutes later.
One of the post cards that we bought in the hotel, with a view of the lake and the hotel.
On the Grimsel pass.
In the crystal cave.
A glacier and a river on our way down the Grimsel pass.
On our way back home.
