here's a detail of one of the warning signs (children's painting)

and here are the warnings to cars & trucks:

A fast ride along staggered parked cars

and I'm at my office! Here's a shot from the balcony:

(the mountains in the background are the Saentis again, this is taken towards Appenzell)

and looking to the East, we can see Lake Constance (Bodensee)

Perhaps off topic, but my bike gets to have a safe place in my office...

Hope you enjoyed the virtual commute!

(P.S. Thanks Mom!)

P.P.S. For bikies: note the "reflectorazation" on the bike... head tube, saddle, cranks, seatstay, and rear spokes.

I. Hate. You.






What a great commute! Cheers.

Excellent pictures, I would have expected alot more hills than flats. ps The bike is great also

I was in Interlocken in 2001 for a conference and the way the tour busses flew down the highways (very narrow in my opinion) I don't know if I would feel safe on the highways or not

Overall I would kill to live in Switzerland, The best country I have visited for scenery.

You are so lucky.

Cool pix. Reminds me of my time in Buchs. Beautiful scenery in that region. And cows!! Cows everywhere!!!

I ride through the suburbs in Fremont/Milpitas/San Jose, California. After seeing pictures of European commutes, I'm starting to wonder what I'm doing here. Those routes are beautiful!!!

really a nice commute great pics

hey Tom,

sweet pictures and commute.

i'll be coming briefly through Switzerland in 3 1/2 weeks on my way to southern France (Nice) for a mountain bike and rock climbing vacation... although probably only spend one day in Switzerland for a short day climb of a mountain peak -- maybe something in the 3000m range...

and some time this summer i will be heading to Zug (south of Zurich) to meet up with a MTB friend and ride some local trails.

Switzerland is a cool place - i was in Zurich just last February - stopped for a day on my way back from Chamonix - i'm still undecided long term if i want to live in southern Germany, the western US (Rockies, Cascades or Sierra Nevada), german-speaking Switzerland (east), eastern Austria, or western Canada... but i've been thinking more and more about Swizterland recently --- obwohl Swiezerdeutch ist richtig schwer!

but i think Switzerland is about as bike-friendly as Bavaria... and the mountains are higher!

wonderful pictures.......ohh i would love it if my ride to school was that nice. i've always wanted to visit Switzerland. it seems like an awesome place from what i've read and seen.

Hi Tom, nice commute! Some of those shoulders looks kind of narrow, specially when sharing the road with big trucks. Overall it looks really great. You´ve got a beautiful commute.

Take care.

Anders

Mange Takk...

Yeah, it can get a bit dicey, but if you have situational awareness dialed up, you're pretty much OK. It's the cars who give me fits...they often go and E X P A N D to fill the bike lanes typically once or twice a week.

A gentle tap on the right rear window usually brings immediate relief. A smile doesn't hurt, either...

hej do,
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Such a beautiful commute. It's good to see the different environments we exist in.

Cracking photo's too. I think I need a new camera.

Where are the potholes? Don't they have potholes in Switzerland?