Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Exploring The Swiss Plateau

Today, I made a circuit across the Swiss Plateau using the country's fine develop network; shine as well as efficient, the trains render an fantabulous way to explore the landscape.  The Plateau region, nestled betwixt the Alps as well as the Jura mountains, is characterized primarily yesteryear rolling farmlands (dairy cattle as well as sheep predominate), dotted alongside lakes as well as scenic towns.

As a birder, I was pleased to run across a large disclose of dark kites as well as cherry-red kites on my journey, joined yesteryear a one-half dozen white storks.  Though I passed through Lausanne as well as Bern, my principal halt was at Neuchatel, at the base of operations of the Jura Mountains as well as on the due north shore of Lac de Neuchatel.  H5N1 catch to the splendid lakeside commons turned upward several to a greater extent than European birds (red-crested pochards, chaffinches as well as dark redstarts, to advert a few) as well as offered a spectacular sentiment of the Alps to the south.

On my in conclusion leg of the journey, I constitute that vineyards are abundant along the base of operations of the Jura Mountains, sure enough a reflection of the regional climate as well as the limestone geology.  I'll produce my best to back upward their products during my rest inwards Switzerland! 

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