Tag Archives: Switzerland
Euro 24 Match Day 19 – England v Switzerland
Spain & France are into the semi finals. Can England join them? England London has some iconic bridges over the River Thames. Everybody knows Tower Bridge of course, but there are other notable structures too. Switzerland Switzerland has some vertigo inducing bridges, especially on the rail network. Landwasser Viaduct Brusio Viaduct Bridges Near Zermatt Landwasser […]
Euro 24 Match Day 15 – Switzerland v Italy
The knockout stage gets underway with a match between neighbouring countries. Italy A few years ago Mrs Wilbur and I did a train tour. In Italy we started in Bologna, moved on to Venice, Verona & Lake Como, before ending in Tirano on the Swiss border. Switzerland We then took the famed Bernina Express through […]
Euro 24 – Match Day 10 – Switzerland v Germany
Hosts Germany are already through to the knockout stages and unbeaten Switzerland should join them. Switzerland I first visited glorious Switzerland in 1987 on a rail trip around Europe. The first place I really fell in love with on that trip was Interlaken, the town between two lakes. Germany Capital Berlin is home to German […]
Euro 24 Match Day 6 – Scotland v Switzerland
Can the Scots bounce back from that German drubbing or can the Swiss make it two wins out of two? Scotland About ten years ago I walked up Britain’s highest mountain Ben Nevis. The views were spectacular, making all that effort very worthwhile. Despite it being June there was still plenty of snow up there. […]
Euro 2024 Match Day 2 – Hungary v Switzerland
Continuing my spotlight on countries competing in the current big football tournament. Hungary I have only ever visited Budapest in Hungary, though I have travelled by train through the country to Prague & Bucharest. My picture is slightly unusual as it does not show any of the Hungarian capital’s prized sights. It is a scan […]
Euro 2020 Quarter Final 1 – Spain v Switzerland
Now it starts to get serious. Three wins away from becoming European champions. Both these nations needed extra time to go through, with Switzerland also needing penalties to defeat favourites France. The match takes place in St Petersburg. Spain Many Basques do not consider themselves as Spanish. The language & culture are certainly much removed […]
Euro 2020 Match Day 16 – France v Switzerland
Favourites France take on the resolute Swiss in Bucharest. France Lyon is the gastronomic capital of France with many Michelin star restaurants (21 at time of writing) and some fine classical cafes. The city is on the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers and makes for a perfect place for a riverside stroll. You […]
Euro 2020 Match Day 10 – Switzerland v Turkey
The match between the bottom two teams in the group takes place in Baku. Switzerland Zurich is Switzerland’s largest city and a place I have been two twice. Indeed it was the last overseas city I went to for leisure purposes in February 2020, when we used it as a staging post to visit Liechtenstein. […]
Euro 2020 Match Day 6 – Italy v Switzerland
More connected nations pit their wits against each other in the final match of the day in Rome. Italy A few years ago we undertook a train tour of Italy & Switzerland. One of the journeys was Venice to Verona where we stayed one night. An interesting compact city on the river Adige, Italy’s second […]
