Hitchcock reloaded: the Swiss syndrome
Winter seagulls looking for (and finding) food on the shores of Lake Zurich. Click on each picture to magnify.
The end of the road trip at Sustenpass (CH), a new beginning to catch in 2014 ?
Still some mountain road to climb …
… the last bends before reaching the last pass of the tour, the Sustenpass.
Time for a walk towards the last glacier, at the base of Sustenjoch …
… and when the alpine path gets too long, the zoom comes to help.
And after the best raclette ever at the Berggasthaus Sustenpass Hospiz, time to drive down, back to the valley, back to Zurich
Winter snow and ice and wind will keep Furka, Grimsel and Sustenpass closed … until the next Spring. See you there in 2014 ?
… sed semper ad pugnam parati Roemerfesta 2013!
Here we are, ready again to fight for you, Caesar!
Wearing our colourful coats, witnesses of countless victories,
once more we will terrify the withdrawing enemies
Faster than the wind through our manes
Our hooves will be more frightening than thousand thunders
and we will celebrate the most beautiful victory again, once more and for ever.
Pictures shot at the Roemerfest 2013 in Augusta Raurica with Nikon D800 + 70-200 VR-II
Black and white, black and white on the Furka cogwheel steam railway
If I was ever a fan of rail transport, this HG 3/4 would have been my favourite.
Black smoke from the firebox, white steam from the pressure boiler.
A quick stop to tank water and coal, and on the track again!
This jewel runs through Gletsch, between Furkapass and Grimselpass.
Sharp your eyes from the Rhone glacier down into the valley and you might see it climbing up the steep track between the road and the Rhone river.
On the wheel traces of Goldfinger’s James Bond: from Furkapass down to Gletsch
After Furkapass, close to where the most famous Aston Martin ever drove down the valley
take your chance to explore one of the most spectacular roads of Switzerland.
Sharp bends and steep down-hills
to reach the young, rapid Rhone river
cutting through Gletsch, at the crossroads of the Grimsel Pass (leading to the Bernese Oberland) and the Furka Pass (leading to Central Switzerland).
On-the-road, stop-and-go pictures shot despite almost-unforgiving motor-bike policemen… with my D800 plus 70-200 VR-II or 16-35 f/4. Click to magnify
