Thursday, October 26, 2006

Biking near Neuchâtel

Neuchâtel seen from a bit further south down the lake


I bicycled through farmland between Marin (northernmost part of Lac de Neuchâtel) and Erlach (southernmost point of the Lac de Bienne)

Along a canal that connects the two lakes


Harvesting carrots

Lac de Bienne

Chateau/hotel on the Ile St. Pierre

Autumn vineyards

Lac de Neuchâtel in the evening

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Commencement at Villa Barton


Graduation tent at HEI

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Autumn in Geneva


Lac Leman, rive gauche, et le Petite Saleve




Ivy-covered building next to WTO


Jardin Botanique









Monday, October 16, 2006

Snowboarding on the Saas-Fee Glacier


Morning light in Autumn on the mountains






Glorious mountains


On the trip back down to the town


View from the town


Switzerland!


Driving through the canton de Valais, approaching Zion!


Hilltop castle and chapel in Sion

Thursday, October 12, 2006

The Matterhorn!












Matterhorn (4478m) seen from the bridge in Zermatt










The Matterhorn (4478m)










Swiss chalet


The Matterhorn seen from near Riffelberg


Signpost


The train line from Zermatt up to Gornergrat






The Matterhorn (4478m) seen from the Gornergrat plateau


Riffelberg (2582m) in the foreground, Zermatt (1620m) down below, Mettelhorn (3406m) on the left










Castor (4228m) & Pollux (4092m)


Liskamm (4527m), Castor (4228m), Pollux (4092m), Breithorn (4164), their snow feeding down into the Gornergletscher


A frozen lake in the Gornergletscher


From the left: the Unt. Theodultgletscher, Breithorn (4164m), Matterhorn (4478m) and in the foreground, Riffelhorn (2927m)


Monte Rosa (Dufourspitze), 4634m and the Gornergletscher


Those distant peaks are in Italy, highest is the Cima di Jazzi (3803m)


Mont Liskamm, (4527m), and the Grenzgletscher flowing down into the Gornergletscher








Night sweeps slowly up the mountainside