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Last night we had a lovely meal at the restaurant Costa Dorada. It was so good we booked again for tomorrow when our friends from Barcelona arrive. Val in the moonlight on the way home.

In the square beneath the church a concert is taking place.

It was a bit loud, so we retreated to our hotel balcony. It didn’t seem any less loud, but we could get a better view of the light show.

We had another late breakfast this morning, followed by a walk around the coast to the marina before it got too hot. A few pictures.

It’s the weekend, and it seems like half the population of Barcelona have come here to add to the high season crowds. Eventually we reached the marina.

Sitges has one of the nicest marinas I’ve ever seen. There’s lots of space for the boats, and a good choice of bars and restaurants. We headed back towards our hotel as the temperature continued to climb. An ice cream in the shade beneath a tree was very welcome.

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Sitges has many good things to offer, one of which is fantastic nightlife. It’s no surprise therefore to find that the holidaymakers aren’t in a hurry to get up in the mornings. Our hotel serves breakfast until midday, and it’s still quiet alongside the beach.

Ricky’s is the oldest nightclub in Sitges. It doesn’t open until midnight.

There’s a nice bronze sculpture of artists beneath the church.

Apparently I took the same photo when we were here 10 years ago.

It’s late afternoon, so it must be beer o’clock.

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This morning we travelled to sunny Spain. View from our balcony.

We did a bit of shopping and found a nice bar.

It’s been a long day, but the weather’s nice and we’re looking forward to a good week.

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Val’s spent the last 2 days having treatment from her eye surgeon, and tomorrow it’s time to leave. It’s hard to believe that in all the years we’ve been coming to this region, we’d never spent a night in Grindelwald. Our stay at Chalet Irma has been lovely, and Wil has been a great host.

Tonight we’ll pop out to the Avocado Bar for a few beers, and tomorrow we have a short flight back to the UK. We won’t be there long, as we’re off to sunny Spain in a week’s time.

Late addition. View of the alpenglow from Avocado this evening.

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Wil is a pizza maestro.

The pizzas were delicious. Fabi made one with lots of vegetables.

To finish off, Wil made a pizza with brown sugar and cinnamon. With a scoop of ice cream it made a lovely desert.

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Last night we met Dave and Lesley, and caught the bus up the hill to restaurant Leugibrüggli. It’s Dave’s birthday, so we splashed out on lovely steaks and a couple of bottles of wine. The views down to the lake are breathtaking.

Views back to Interlaken after dark.

This morning we caught the little cable car up to Pfingstegg again. This time we’re walking towards the lower glacier. Great views of Grindelwald from the top.

The path is steep and narrow in places.

Eventually we arrived at the gorge formed by the glacier. There’s no ice down here anymore, but the meltwater from the glacier high above forms a river about 100 metres below us.

There’s an old marble quarry at a place called Marmorbruch. Marble from here was transported to Bern for the construction of the parliament buildings.

There’s also a restaurant at Marmorbruch. We stopped for lunch before our walk took us back to the valley floor and home.

Our host Wil has a pizza oven on the terrace of our chalet, so tonight we’re looking forward to home made pizzas.

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Unlike Wengen, Grindelwald is accessible by road. Despite this there’s still no ambulance service, so if you are unfortunate enough to be taken ill a helicopter will come and whisk you off to hospital. The helipad is a few metres from our kitchen window, and yesterday evening the peace was shattered by the machine’s arrival.

My hiking shoes were giving me trouble yesterday, so this morning we ventured into the village to find some new ones. Grindelwald is a big village with many sports shops, so I had no trouble finding what I wanted. Afterwards we caught the bus up to Hotel Wetterhorn where we had lunch yesterday. The path from here undulates its way back towards the village.

It’s a warm day, so a stop at a bench is always welcome.

Tonight we’re off to Interlaken to meet Dave and Lesley who are staying in Wengen at the moment. It should be a good dinner.