Switzerland Travels

Having been to Catalonia in may and experienced whitewater rafting, the curiosity of melting winter snow and glanciers lingered well after the trip. Time for another “ mother and daughter” weekend (MODA) as we now call ourselves. A MODA weekend in Switzerland was mooted and very quickly agreed on. Pat suggested an exciting high altitude guided glacier hike of the Great Aletsch Glacier for our get together and this ticked all the boxes for excitement, a decent challenge and some bonding time. Leaving Dublin in the middle of a heatwave to hike Switzerland’s longest glacier of 23km seemed the craziest of ideas as I arrived in Zurich to meet Jane, Pat and Sarah. With some Irish “Gun powder gin” as a gift in hand, I was looking forward to starting our adventure with a touch of Drumshambo distilled gin, tonic and ice. Alas since there was no ice at Sarah’s tastefully decorated apartment we postponed the appetitive until our return. Over a lovely family dinner we checked that we