May 25 - Saturday
10:45P Depart LAX-JFK
May 26 - Sunday
7A Arrive JFK
Dun Well Donuts
Champs for Breakfast
Noguchi Museum
Blossom Bakery
Empire State Building
Blossom - (Chelsea) for Dinner
9:25P Depart JFK-DUS
May 27 - Monday
11:05A DUS layover
1PM DUS-ZRH
2:15P Arrive ZRH
Pick up Rental
Drive to, walk through Old Town Lucern
-Chapel Bridge
Drive to, Tour Bern
-Alstadt
-Arcades
-Einstein House 10AM-5PM
-Cathedral of Bern Tower 10AM-5PM
-Clock Tower
Stay in Bern
Hotel Alpenblick (breakfast)
May 28 - Tuesday
-Open-air Market in Bärenplatz (2h) 8a-6p
Gstaad (2h), Niesen (2h), Thun (4h)
-Lauterbrunnen Valley (Valley of 72 Waterfalls),
Stay in Lauterbrunnen
Hotel Oberland
NOTES: You can take a bus from town to Trummelbach Falls. Admission was about e10. All the water from the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau supposedly flow thru these 10 waterfalls which are inside the hill. You view four falls from the bottom. Then take the elevator up to fall #6. Walk up to see falls 7-10 and then start walking down.
May 29 - Wednesday
Temps: 49F-69F
Alternate transportation to: Schynige Platte (4h 15m) Hike Panorama Trail 3m or
Alternative: Schilthorn, stopping at Trummelbach Falls on the return
Children's Adventure Trail (Allmendhubel Funicular)
Stay in Wengen
Hotel Edelweiss (breakfast buffet)
NOTES: Cogwheel Train to vantage point (2 children free w/adult).
May 30 - Thursday
Temps: 18F-28F
Jungfrauoch (8:21, 8:51, 9:21 - 14:00 - 1.5hr each way)
Grindelwald - First Flyer
Stay in Wengen
Hotel Edelweiss (breakfast buffet)
May 31 - Friday
Temps: 48F-63F
-Glasi Hergiswil 9a-6p (Blow your own Glass bulb)
-Swiss Open Air 9a/10a-5p (3-4hrs),
Bettmerhorn (8:15a-4:45p, 3.30h - vista/glacier) Today or Sunday
-Forest Fun Park
-Horse Carriage Ride
Stay in Zermatt
Hotel Pollux
June 1 - Saturday
Zermatt
-Gornergrat (3h - viewing platform)
Hiking Winkelmatten (2.2m)
Klein-Matterhorn (2.30h)
Hiking loop in Findeln Valley (5-6h)
Stay Zermatt
Hotel Pollux
NOTES: Pictures with the St Bernard dogs only at Gn. Km is absolute top of the peak and can be windy and cold [ and more adventurous ]
Lots of space to wander and linger at Gn . Km is mainly the elevator to the observation peak .
June 2 - Sunday
Temps: 61F-69F
Stresa
Ascona, Lago Maggiore ferry
Stay Luino, IT
Hotel Carmin Colmegna (breakfast)
June 3 - Monday
7:50a Lago Maggiore -
-Centovalli Train (right side of the train going from Domodossola)
Santa Maria Maggiore
-Isola Bella (gardens) 9:00-17:30
Stay Luino, IT
Hotel Carmin Colmegna (breakfast)
June 4 - Tuesday
Temps: 36F-59F
Gandria - Ticino
-Swiss Miniature 9a-6p
Graubunden, Palazzi Im Bergell
-The view from Piz Nair or Diavolenzza
Stay St. Moritz
The Piz (breakfast)
June 5 - Wednesday
Temps: 67F-79F
St. Moritz, Bernina Express 9:29a-12:02p -- 2:25p-5:30p (bus)
Stay Paradiso
Hotel Parco Paradiso
June 6 - Thursday
-Monte San Salvatore
Stay Paradiso
Hotel Parco Paradiso
June 7 - Friday
Return 10a-1p -- 2:04p-4:39p
Stay Celerina-Schlarigna
All in One Hotel Inn Lodge
June 8 - Saturday
-National Park (Swiss Family Trail)
Lietchenstein
Stay Constance
Ibis Konstanz
June 9 - Sunday
-Stein am Rhein
-Stiftsbibliothek
-St Gallen Cathedral
-Tower of Grossmuenster
Stay Zuerich
Steigenberger Bellerive au Lac
NOTES: Europe's Oldest Vegetarian - Hiltl
Vegelato! (gelato and food)
Biosumu (lunch only 11:30a-2p)
June 10 - Monday
Zuerich Tour (Cityrama bus & boat)
-Old Zuerich
Stay Zuerich
Steigenberger Bellerive au Lac
June 11 - Tueday
6:40A Depart ZRH-DUS
8AM Arrive DUS
Tour Dusseldorf
-K20 Buliding
Hop on/Hop off Bus Tour
1:05P Depart DUS-JFK
3:30P Arrive JFK
Pick up Rental
Go eat!
9PM Depart JFK-LAX
June 12 - Wednesday
12:35A Arrive LAX
10:45P Depart LAX-JFK
May 26 - Sunday
7A Arrive JFK
Dun Well Donuts
Champs for Breakfast
Noguchi Museum
Blossom Bakery
Empire State Building
Blossom - (Chelsea) for Dinner
9:25P Depart JFK-DUS
May 27 - Monday
11:05A DUS layover
1PM DUS-ZRH
2:15P Arrive ZRH
Pick up Rental
Drive to, walk through Old Town Lucern
-Chapel Bridge
Drive to, Tour Bern
-Alstadt
-Arcades
-Einstein House 10AM-5PM
-Cathedral of Bern Tower 10AM-5PM
-Clock Tower
Stay in Bern
Hotel Alpenblick (breakfast)
May 28 - Tuesday
-Open-air Market in Bärenplatz (2h) 8a-6p
Gstaad (2h), Niesen (2h), Thun (4h)
-Lauterbrunnen Valley (Valley of 72 Waterfalls),
Stay in Lauterbrunnen
Hotel Oberland
NOTES: You can take a bus from town to Trummelbach Falls. Admission was about e10. All the water from the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau supposedly flow thru these 10 waterfalls which are inside the hill. You view four falls from the bottom. Then take the elevator up to fall #6. Walk up to see falls 7-10 and then start walking down.
May 29 - Wednesday
Temps: 49F-69F
Alternate transportation to: Schynige Platte (4h 15m) Hike Panorama Trail 3m or
Alternative: Schilthorn, stopping at Trummelbach Falls on the return
Children's Adventure Trail (Allmendhubel Funicular)
Stay in Wengen
Hotel Edelweiss (breakfast buffet)
NOTES: Cogwheel Train to vantage point (2 children free w/adult).
May 30 - Thursday
Temps: 18F-28F
Jungfrauoch (8:21, 8:51, 9:21 - 14:00 - 1.5hr each way)
Grindelwald - First Flyer
Stay in Wengen
Hotel Edelweiss (breakfast buffet)
May 31 - Friday
Temps: 48F-63F
-Glasi Hergiswil 9a-6p (Blow your own Glass bulb)
-Swiss Open Air 9a/10a-5p (3-4hrs),
Bettmerhorn (8:15a-4:45p, 3.30h - vista/glacier) Today or Sunday
-Forest Fun Park
-Horse Carriage Ride
Stay in Zermatt
Hotel Pollux
June 1 - Saturday
Zermatt
-Gornergrat (3h - viewing platform)
Hiking Winkelmatten (2.2m)
Klein-Matterhorn (2.30h)
Hiking loop in Findeln Valley (5-6h)
Stay Zermatt
Hotel Pollux
NOTES: Pictures with the St Bernard dogs only at Gn. Km is absolute top of the peak and can be windy and cold [ and more adventurous ]
Lots of space to wander and linger at Gn . Km is mainly the elevator to the observation peak .
June 2 - Sunday
Temps: 61F-69F
Stresa
Ascona, Lago Maggiore ferry
Stay Luino, IT
Hotel Carmin Colmegna (breakfast)
June 3 - Monday
7:50a Lago Maggiore -
-Centovalli Train (right side of the train going from Domodossola)
Santa Maria Maggiore
-Isola Bella (gardens) 9:00-17:30
Stay Luino, IT
Hotel Carmin Colmegna (breakfast)
June 4 - Tuesday
Temps: 36F-59F
Gandria - Ticino
-Swiss Miniature 9a-6p
Graubunden, Palazzi Im Bergell
-The view from Piz Nair or Diavolenzza
Stay St. Moritz
The Piz (breakfast)
June 5 - Wednesday
Temps: 67F-79F
St. Moritz, Bernina Express 9:29a-12:02p -- 2:25p-5:30p (bus)
Stay Paradiso
Hotel Parco Paradiso
June 6 - Thursday
-Monte San Salvatore
Stay Paradiso
Hotel Parco Paradiso
June 7 - Friday
Return 10a-1p -- 2:04p-4:39p
Stay Celerina-Schlarigna
All in One Hotel Inn Lodge
June 8 - Saturday
-National Park (Swiss Family Trail)
Lietchenstein
Stay Constance
Ibis Konstanz
June 9 - Sunday
-Stein am Rhein
-Stiftsbibliothek
-St Gallen Cathedral
-Tower of Grossmuenster
Stay Zuerich
Steigenberger Bellerive au Lac
NOTES: Europe's Oldest Vegetarian - Hiltl
Vegelato! (gelato and food)
Biosumu (lunch only 11:30a-2p)
June 10 - Monday
Zuerich Tour (Cityrama bus & boat)
-Old Zuerich
Stay Zuerich
Steigenberger Bellerive au Lac
June 11 - Tueday
6:40A Depart ZRH-DUS
8AM Arrive DUS
Tour Dusseldorf
-K20 Buliding
Hop on/Hop off Bus Tour
1:05P Depart DUS-JFK
3:30P Arrive JFK
Pick up Rental
Go eat!
9PM Depart JFK-LAX
June 12 - Wednesday
12:35A Arrive LAX
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