If recycling is the Swiss' #1 favorite pastime, then Wandern is the #2. Basically, Wandern is the all encompassing German word for hiking, walking, and bumming around in the woods - perhaps the best, and most obvious translation, is wandering. :)I am not sure if the Swiss go to such lengths as the Germans (my guess is yes), but when I studied abroad in Germany in my teenage years, some of the classes would actually go on Wandertags - full days of just walking aimlessly around the countryside, with no real goal in mind, just the goal of wandering far and wide for 9 hours.
Back then, I don't think even my weight in nutella would have persuaded me to do a Wandertag... but these days the hiking is growing on me (although you wouldn't know it from our last little adventure...) and signs like this intrigue me more and more.
I am really keen actually to walk from Urdorf up to Uetliberg sometime soon. In fact, it isn't that far of a walk from here. Plus the more I see these signs, the more I convince myself I can do it!
Here is a fun site with tons of Wandern suggestions in Switzerland.
Ahh.. Wandern. I love Switzlerland.
Walk from Urdorf to Uetliberg:
That sounds fun...it's always nice to take a walk. The only walk I get is walking to school from the metro station.
ReplyDeleteI love how there are so many "Wandern" and biking tracks all through Switzerland. Thanks for the link to that website too. Very helpful - I have been trying to find one. Happy Wanderning!
ReplyDeleteYeah I love the track and signs too. I also picked up a big brochure of the hiking, biking, rollerblading, and baden (swimming) locations, and routes, and such from the train station... I will have to blog about that soon. It is a great little brochure.
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