Switzerland 1999

All Digital

From 180 images I've selected a handful which hopefully stand up as more than just holiday snaps. This was the first occasion I left my ageing Yashica SLR at home. I transferred the pictures from the Nikon's memory card to a notebook computer at the end of each day's picture-taking.

	Matterhorn 1024 x 768 134K	As seen from Zermatt on a June afternoon. I took many photos but this is the classic view.
	Meiringen 1 800 x 600 92K	The first of two pictures of Reichenbach Falls near the town of Meiringen. Sherlock Holmes is supposed to have fallen to his death over the waterfall.
	Meiringen 2 636 x 768 133K	This picture was taken looking down from a foot-bridge. The steps leading down give an indication of the scale of the falls. Also worth a visit here is Aareschlucht, a glacial gorge with a walkway which is partly suspended from the rock  wall, and partly tunneled through it.
	Schynige Platte 1024 x 768 204K	This footpath is called Panoramaweg. Lake Brienzersee is visible on the left. Observe the people on the rock pinnacle - the next picture is from that viewpoint, looking back here.
	Panoramaweg 1024 x 768 196K	The footpath along the precipitous ridge is visible here. There are 3500 individual marked trails totalling over 50000 km in Switzerland. Walking heaven!
	Interlaken z4 1024 x 768 202K	The River Aare at Interlaken.
	Thunersee 597 x 768 127K	Interesting architecture beside Lake Thunersee.
	Interlaken ze 1024 x 768 141K	The river Aare was very high this year, after the heavy snowfalls. The water's surface reflects the twilight sky.
	Monte Rosa 1024 x 768 189K	Near Zermatt in the south of Switzerland. This shot was taken from the footpath to Schwarzsee. The glacier is Gornergletscher.
	Zmuttgletscher 1024 x 768 217K	This footpath also leads up to Schwarzsee,  a tiny lake below the Matterhorn. This view looks down to the Zmuttgletscher moraine.
	Woolie Ones 1024 x 768 251K	Sheep on a mountain path near Zermatt. Their horns are just one characteristic which differentiates them from British sheep.

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