Mark Nicholls takes a ski break in Gstaad and pauses for a city break in Geneva on the way home The train journey from Gstaad to Montreux passes through unforgettable mountain scenery as the line […]
With restrictions being lifted on an almost daily basis getting into Switzerland couldn’t been easier. With changeable weather in the UK and a lust for the mountains I headed off and flew from Heathrow in […]
As much as many of us are in desperate need to get away and take a holiday, ever changing quarantine rules are making it rather difficult and challenging. So, the trend this year is very […]
Mark Nicholls experiences the alpine chill of ice fishing in Switzerland – and also finds time to take in a few ski-runs Beneath several inches of snow, up to a metre of ice, and in […]
Vital Vitaliev crosses the alps without skis from Ischgl in Austria to the Swiss village of Samnaun “Umniy v goru ne poidiot – umniy goru oboidiot” is a wise Russian proverb translating simply as “He […]
In Search of Bond On this trip I venture into -13° temperatures in search of Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s lair, Piz Gloria, walk a terrifying walkway above perilous rocks and enjoy the good food and hospitality […]
As a continuing service to the loyal readers of Our Man on the Ground Travel & Lifestyle Magazine I persist in discovering those interesting places you might not have heard of. On this trip I […]
I wasn’t there to ski I’ll leave that to the brave and the beautiful, I was there to try some of the fabled food at the tables of the lauded and applauded from the culinary […]
It was overcast when I arrived in Zermatt so I didn’t see it at first. It was only when I arrived back at Chalet Ulysse after a brief stroll around town that the clouds cleared […]
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