Switzerland 14th-28th September 1999

Another two week touring of Switzerland by train and bus with my parents Hedwig & Ernst - this time looking for information for the infamous Family Tree, but also managing so see a little scenery along the way.

Many thanks are due to Hans & Trudy Kurth, Verena Herzig, Annamarie and René Scheidegger, Walter and Linely Hug, and Claire and Ernst Rütimann for their contributions of photographs and family history.

Annamarie and René Scheidegger with my parents, at home in Rüdtligen with their two Newfoundland dogs.

The Hug family at their farmhouse in Salen-Reutenen.

The Rheinfall near Schaffhausen

The Munot in Schaffhausen

Cable car to Weissfluhgipfel (2834m), near the skiing resort of Davos (where we stayed for a night, after looking round Klosters).

Family Crests in a stained-glass window at Lotzwil Parish Church - including one for the Kurth Family.

Switzerland 6th-20th September 1998

Two weeks touring Switzerland by train, bus and boat with my parents Hedwig & Ernst (a bit of a SAGA tour you may think, but the way we tore round the place on our Swiss Pass almost exhausted me).

Hedwig and Ernst pose in front of the Eiger & Mönch Mountains, and above - the complete set of Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau - taken on a day trip to the Schilthorn.

Two ways we travelled were by train, and boat (this one took us from Neuchâtel to Murten), we also rode by Post Bus through Italy from Lugano to Tirano.

Traditional tourist pose in Geneva above, and a view of the Matterhorn from Zermatt, right.

View from the Glacier Express, left, and my father's birthplace in Rütschelen above.