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Marcus Hanke
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Grimselpass, July 2012

This July, I spent a few days in Switzerland, primarily to visit the Ulysse Nardin manufacture. Before, I met a friend near Brienz, not very far from Lucerne:



The weather could have been nicer, but at least there was no rain. The next day, I chose a route to the Lake Geneva, that would bring me over the Grimsel pass to the Wallis. With 2'164 meters height, the Grimsel is not among the highest passes in the Alps, but is known for its scenic route. On its southern side, it meets with the Furka pass road, so enough time provided, one can ascend the next pass directly following the first. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture with the roadsign, but I hope those familiar with the region will nevertheless believe me that I have been there ...



The Grimsel lake, not far from the pass height.





The old hotel, or rather hospice, since in earlier centuries, travellers frequently needed some medical care.



As much fun I had driving all the tight turns, this was not the case for those forced to follow me. Consequently, I took every opportunity to let the quicker vehicles pass. However, since it was a Monday, the weekend traffic was over and there weren't many other cars on the road.



The small Totensee on the pass height still had a lot of ice.



On my way down again, I was very lucky to see the old Furka pass railway:



This railway uses teethed gears to pull the engine and cars over the steep track. Today trains use a new, long tunnel at much lower altitude, so the the old track is used by steam engines as a museum ralroad every now and then:



It was a very nice and leisurely drive!

Regards,
Marcus