Travel
Castles, hikes, day trips, scenic drives, regional history, wine routes. Place-based, evergreen.
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Our first family camping trip: Three slow days on Lake Thun in December
Stop 3 of 3 · Bernese Oberland, December 2023 1Nüblätze 2Beatus Caves 3Trip overview The dining room at the Vintage Chuchichästli on Bahnhofstrasse in Unterseen was warm in a way that Switzerland in early December earns: the December cold outside, low lights, four chairs around a table that the four of us had to ourselves.…
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St. Beatus Caves on Lake Thun: Closed for the season, what we saw anyway
Stop 2 of 3 · Bernese Oberland, December 2023 1Nüblätze 2Beatus Caves 3Trip overview We drove up to the St. Beatus Caves on Lake Thun on a quiet Friday morning in December 2023 with no plan and no booking. We didn’t know the dragon legend, didn’t know the chapel history, didn’t know how long the…
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Camping Manor Farm 1 on Lake Thun: A winter Stellplatz with the family
Stop 1 of 3 · Bernese Oberland, December 2023 1Nüblätze 2Beatus Caves 3Trip overview Camping Manor Farm 1 sits on the north shore of Lake Thun between Interlaken and Spiez, the only campground in the Interlaken holiday region with its pitches directly on the water. The Flurname (a German term for a traditional field-parcel name…