whitter45
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So Easter we took a last minute decision to do a bit of a road trip (well last minute for us as we are normally booked well in advance for these sort of trips)
We flew to Mulhouse and travel to and through the following;
Basel
Bern
Thun
Interlaken
Lauterbrunnen
Grindelwald
Interlaken
Brienz
Lungern
Lucerne
Wonderful trip - we had one bad afternoon of weather but apart from that we had wonder scenery, great roads, great food, great beer and a bloody good time.
Expensive though. Can't pic a highlight yet. Below are some iphone pics so not the best - mad busy but will try and get my DSLR pics uploaded over the next week or so
Trip
 Switzerland Route by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
Car - bloody good fun and so so cheap to hire
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Basel
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 IMG_2786 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
Bern
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GrindelWald
 FullSizeRender[1] by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
Thun
 FullSizeRender by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
Lauterbrunnen
 FullSizeRender[1] by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
 FullSizeRender[2] by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
Grindelwald
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Interlaken hotel room view
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Interlaken beer craft
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Harder Kulm
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Lake Brienz
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Lungern pass - great road to drive
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Lucerne
Stunning hotel - our view from the room
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 FullSizeRender[2] by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
Famous Bridges
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Hired a boat on the lake
 FullSizeRender[4] by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
Proper pics will follow
[Edited on 21-04-2017 by whitter45]
[Edited on 24-04-2017 by whitter45]
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P1CK4D
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looks like a stunning trip! Do you know how much it roughly cost you out of interest?
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whitter45
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biggest costs where hotels I would say but we stayed in some nice hotels by our choice - top of my head costs were
£120 ish for flights with easyjet (thats for 2 people)£130 for car hire for 5 days
Basel and Bern where around £100 a night
Interlaken was £200 for one night
Lucerne was £260ish for one night
Spent around £100 a night for evening meal though with beer - not a cheap place t eat and drink (that is for 2 people)
Car used £25 worth of fuel
Those were the big ticket items apart from cable cars - depending on the area you were looking at up to £30 each for the cable cars
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P1CK4D
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Nice one! From your pics it looks like a beautiful place to visit.
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whitter45
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City of Basel - few of my SLR pics
1. Basel Town hall
 DSC_8733 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
2. Basel Minster
 DSC_8759 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
3.Walking the Streets
 DSC_8740 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
4. Basel Minister
 DSC_8769 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
5. River Rhine
 DSC_8774 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
6. On the river
 DSC_8790 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
7. On the river
 DSC_8791 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
8. Padlock Tower
 DSC_8794 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
9. River views
 DSC_8806 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
10. Looking back
 DSC_8810 by Paul Whitt82, on Flickr
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MikeF86
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Great pics. Love Switzerland. Father in law has an apartment in Grindelwald so fortunate to go whenever we want. Get 1/2 price rail fairs too so works out cheap for us. Lovely place to sit and watch the world go by.
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Tiger
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I know someone that lives in Lausanne in Switzerland that I could stay with for free and based on your pictures, looks like a good call 
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whitter45
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More to come Interlaken and lucerne where stunning
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Baggies-no1
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What camera have you got?
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whitter45
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Nikon D610 mate
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Baggies-no1
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I've got a cousin who lives or rather based (for tax purposes) in Lausanne, he's a ship's captain works for Shell on their oil tankers!
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Baggies-no1
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I forgot to say in last post, I use a Canon 7D, majority of the time it's used at horse shows with my youngest son, haven't used it yet on scenery. Lovely photos you've taken.
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