Neuchatel

Yesterday I went for a hike from Neuchâtel to Valangin. This is a 14 kilometre loop that begins with a relatively steep climb out of the city before heading into the woods. You hear the sounds of the road every so often as you crisscross paths with it. The castle was used from the 12th to the 16th centuries by the Valangin lords.

The Way Up

As I mentioned in the intro the start of the climb is quite steep, through the woods. This requires a certain level of fitness to do comfortable. I could hear quite a few rifle shots because i believe a rifle range is nearby. For some reason I thought I could also hear fireworks being tested.

On Sunday, after Saturday’s via ferrata I went for a walk along the Areuse river. The hike started in Noiraigue and went along the Areuse river and two gorges. In reality it’s one gorge but there are two parts to the gorge seperated by a long flat bit that is more friendly to people who are slightly, or quite afraid of heights.

This experience wa organised via GoSocial rather than Meetup.com or other sites. Initiaully I was sceptical of such an activity because there are over 50 people signed up, and only 25 spots so I expected not to be able to go. Luckily people signed out and a spot cleared for me the evening before the hike.

richard - Dec 5, 2008

Je viens de passer longtemps a jouer Bix, ça me rapelle un jeu du bon vieux temps des ordis, quand c’etait encore les ecrans ega.

Merci pour le post ;-) L’iPhone, c’est fun! Surtout avec du StarWars inside ! :-)

Cool post et cool vidéo seesmic, tu me motives à essayer :)) Xavier si tu nous entend, on se réjouit des goodies du prochain blogobar ;-)

One of the most amusing things about the blogobar meetup in Neuchatel was how many iphones were there. It was particularly amusing to see the time spent look at apps, trying to see which was the most fun. Of course we didn’t travel from various parts of Switzerland for that sole purpose. It would have been silly and we would have renamed the event, Iphone party Switzerland or the likes. Those present were Xavier Bertschy of multimediacertified.ch, John Maim of Minsh, Alexander Matti of blackberry-fr, Stephan Blanchard of apus3 and Samuel Kohler of Marketing Alternatif. The venue was the Sultan in Neuchatel. The next Blogobar will take place in March in Vevey so if you’re interested in coming to the event then just sign up.