Short thread, day trip, alone, and not many places to take a pic.

But here goes...



From Domodossola IT to Brig CH, up the Simplon Pass, only 2005 metres up.

   

That's too high up for me.

   

Of course, there is always a reason for these trips:


The Cemetery in Vevey, Switzerland.

Here are pics of the Canadians buried there, both WW1 and WW2 :

   

One very Special, from the Royal Newfoundland Regiment:

   

The Church that looks after them... St. Martin's





Next are pics around Lake Geneva:

   

Went right under this hotel in Montereux,

possibly the Grand of Deep Purple 'Smoke on the Water' Fame

Couldnt find a place to stop, so i stole this from their website...

   

Oh Marty that church looks awesome!
Like a castle

   

And then the way from Montereux to Brig..


Funny place for a factory.. sorry its a shit pic.






The Swiss grow grapes !!













And back up the hills..





There are maybe 10 of these type tunnels on the way up and down.









A memorial for workers dying during construction ( I think )






And the summit..






and that's it, just a quick peek

   

Fantastic martin! Thanks for sharing those pics with us. Beautiful scenery!

   

Damn I knew I shoulda taken a better pic


Thats just the tower, the church itself is about 4 times as big.

Oh well, the old lady gave me all kinds of hell for going to Switzerland without her,

so we will going back at some point.



It's nice ride as long as you dont look down