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10 th Sep 2009

Kevin Cyr

Kevin Cyr paintings of old vans

Kevin likes painting an unlikely subject matter, generally derelict old vans. But boy does he paint them well, rust, dents, graffiti, every imperfection and sign of age. I’m bloody love by ‘em.

Via: Dinosaurs and Robots.

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06 th Jul 2009

That’s what I call a salad :)

Wasn’t expected much from the poolside restaurant, but these salads hit the spot. The place has free wireless too, should stop boozey bloggin’ and get back to the pool now though.

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06 th Jul 2009

Ah, this is the good life

Well almost, I nearly got chucked out of this place for going in the water toboggan while it was filling up (Nicky took some great video of it) and Nicky’s just been told off by a big German lady for some toilet flushing incident! It’s kind of stressfull being back in civilisation..

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06 th Jul 2009

Chateaubriand

My mother tells me that I’ve had a habit of ordering the most expensive thing on the menu since an early age, well I haven’t grown out of it yet!

Me and Nicky have had a hunger for great steak for a while now, we had one at lunch that didn’t quite hit the spot. So when I saw a Chateaubriand on the menu tonight, I knew we were in for a good feed :) Interesting thing about this one was it came with 2 different sauces, one was a creamy mushroom affair, the other was like a boozey cheese sauce. I’m not sure if either were traditional? Can’t remember, it’s been a while. But both were tastey, espeacially the boozey cheese :)

Oh yeah, the steak was awesome.

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06 th Jul 2009

The Black Pearl

We bought this bottle if Swiss pirate plonk because the name amused us after our boating trip. But I’m telling you, it was one of the nicest bottles of wine I’ve ever had :) If you ever come across it, I highly recommend you give it a go. I’ll certainly be trying to find a source of it when I get back home.

Update: You can buy it from Domaine du Mont d’Or, the full name is – “La Perle Noire” Assemblage Rouge AOC Valais. Going to order mine now :)

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05 th Jul 2009

Gone Fishing

We didn’t quite finish the intended route, but we did see a good deal of beautiful Switzerland. This rowing trip pretty much marks the end of our holiday ‘on foot’. We’re now having what Nicky considers is ‘a proper holiday’ and heading to Brig in the Rhone valley for some sun and chilling (here now, blogging from a pub). There’s a campsite near which I loved as a kid, it’s almost like a water based theme park. We’ll get the bus there tomorrow and I’ll let you know if it lives up to my memory.

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05 th Jul 2009

Meat & Cheese

I think this is the first time I’ve ever had room service. Guess how many waffer thin, tiny slices of bread I got to wash down all this meat and cheese? Four!

Tastey though, we saved some of the meat for tommorrow’s fishing trip.

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04 th Jul 2009

I is stealing ur internetz

We stayed at the Berghaus on the banks of Lake Oeschinensee last night. Only realised this morning that there was un-secured wireless internet coming out of this rather ornate building next door. So we grabbed the table nearest (left of picture) and have been boozing/blogging all morning :)

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04 th Jul 2009

Tree Carving

There’s a load of sculptures along the lakeside path, I was taken by this one because I thought it looked a lot like me!

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04 th Jul 2009

Furry Pig

Never seen a piggy up in the mountains before, look at him rolling around in the muddy path, happy as a pig in muck!

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04 th Jul 2009

Yey, unexpected pub enroute

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04 th Jul 2009

Lake Oeschinensee

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04 th Jul 2009

Blüemlisalp Glacier

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04 th Jul 2009

On our way down

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04 th Jul 2009

Hohtürli Pass

Here’s a shot of Nicky climbing the last little bit to the top of the pass. Then her on top, pity there wasn’t much of a view, I imagine behind her towards the Blüemlisalp group would be pretty special. It started to rain soon after we reached the top, so we headed straight down.

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