After a leisurely breakfast we joined Geoff to visit Brambrüesch 1595 Mt up behind the town. A steady walk uphill through the town crossing the river to the Cable Car station. Using our Swiss Passes we got a 50% reduction on the cable car fare.
The first part of the journey was in a large cable car that could carry both people and bikes, I am not sure how many you could get in at a time but they claim 600 people an hour.
This car took us 1090 Mt up the mountain where we transferred to small gondolas where they hang the bikes on the outside where in the winter they would normally carry the skis.
There was a bit of cloud but not enough to spoil the views as we wandered around in the sunshine. There were still lots of cows with their bells at the top, but they were in small paddocks with electric fences, not roaming free on the mountain side
Eventually we made our way back to the gondola and then down to the large cable car. The views from the large cable car station were great, we tried photographing from the car but the glass is tinted blue. Looking straight down we could see some of the cycle paths running down the side of the mountain .
Back down in town we grabbed a roll for lunch from the supermarket and ate it in the sunshine before we made our way to the station to meet up with Geoff again. This time we were off to Rhine Gorge, At the moment the river level through there is very low, I can only imagine what its like in spring time with the snow melt. It was only a half hour train ride and of course covered in our Swiss Pass.
Like Sweden, Switzerland uses Composting toilets out in wild areas for visitors to use, no mains electricity and no running water required, just a small scoop of sawdust after each use. Note the funnel on the extreme left for men to use.
That evening we ate in the old town, somewhere we spotted during the day as we walked by, The Venison Stew was a bit salty but very nice.
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