{"id":7565,"date":"2020-02-17T13:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T13:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7565"},"modified":"2020-02-17T13:25:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T13:25:44","slug":"ghost-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7565","title":{"rendered":"Ghost town"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s gloomy today and it looked like rain when Val headed off to work this morning. I’m off to Interlaken where I can buy Val’s favourite wine at the big Co-op.<\/p>\n

When I arrived the station was eerily quiet. Interlaken Ost is normally really busy, but not today.<\/p>\n

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It’s the same in the Co-op. Tills are closed, aisles are deserted.<\/p>\n

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The reason of course, is the Chinese travel ban. They normally do their European tours in big groups, so they overwhelm the more popular attractions. Not any more.<\/p>\n

Wengen is thankfully unaffected by this. It’s full to bursting with kids from all over Europe.<\/p>\n

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Val has a group of Dutch kids this week, and the Swiss and British are here in substantial numbers too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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