Our second day in Madeira, we visited the produce market – Mercado dos Lavradores – in Funchal.
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Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Our first day in Madeira. We visited the Sé – Madeira Cathedral
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I’m not a fan of bumpy flights nor do I fancy getting stuck on an island due to a storm, unable to fly out for days. Truth be told, had I known that the Madeira airport was listed as one of the most alarming airplane landings in the world, I would have picked another destination for our spring holiday.
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The morning before heading back to Zurich, we wanted to do a repeat of “the Best Hike” – we’ve done – at the Bernese Oberland. We didn’t have a lot of time so we picked a shorter version of the Northface Trail, also known as the Blumental Panorama Walk. Blumen in German means Flowers, so consequently we saw many wildflowers on this walk.
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This was our fifth day in the Bernese Oberland. Because we had an easy hike the previous day, we decided to do a real one and get away from the crowds for a change. That’s why we picked the Eiger Trail.
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Back to hotel after dinner, just when we thought we’d be done for the day, we heard the syncronized clunking sound from the street…
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First to Bachalpsee was an easy hike!
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After our easy and beautiful hike to Kleine Scheidegg, we stepped into the Junfrau Railway station to get our tickets to Jungfraujoch – Top of Europe. As with the hike, I’ve done the same nine years ago. Only then the place wasn’t as busy as it is now.
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Our third day in the Bernese Oberland, in the morning we took the cable car to Mänlichen.
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From Mürren we walked to the Grütschalp cable car station before going down to Lauterbrunnen.
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