After more than a year of living in a van,
it's hard to imagine another way of life.
We've become used to living without a plan,
sleeping somewhere new almost every night,
and calling wherever we park, our home.
We've been traveling a lot slower
than anticipated,
partly because of how COVID's affected traveling,
but mostly because we tend to fall in love
with our surroundings.
Instead of our intended two weeks in France,
we've stayed for two months.
Now, we've crossed the border into Switzerland.
But, this time...
we really are going to stick to our plan of one week.
[Adam]: So... we've just embarked on our first hike in Switzerland.
Umm... and there was an option
to take little cable cars up,
but we've decided not to.
And....we haven't got lost,
but we are on this strange path
that doesn't feel like it should be a path.
Look! We'll go all the way up here somehow.
And there's the cable cars.
So, this road is on Google maps...
Uhh...which is why we ended up here.
[Adam]: "You enjoying it?"
[Tania]: Yeah, I am fumbling all over the place.
[Adam]: Yeah.
[Tania]:But, uh it's fun.
I did get a little bit of sheep poo on my hand.
[Adam]: (laughs) [Tania]: But, I was saying
[Tania]: So it's very exciting.
[Adam]: It's a good way to warm up.
I'm actually hot.
I've stripped down two of my four layers.
[Tania]: Yeah
[Adam]: because I've always been really cold, but... yeah, it's good.
So, we are just walking out of the woods
into this beauty.
[Tania]: Look! [Adam]: Ah ahhha!
[Tania]: Ah, guys!
[Tania]: The scramble up the hill was rewarded
by the beautiful lake of Oeschinensee.
Snow mountains towered over the aqua blue lake
as melting snow dripped off the surrounding cliffs
in the crisp sunlight.
Walking around the lake was truly breathtaking.
Everywhere we looked, it was picture perfect.
We spent some time walking the paths that circle the lake,
and had our overnight oats by the water.
[Adam]: And that is why we were excited about coming to Switzerland.
[Tania]: Oh! and I wanted to say...
also, one thing that...because we, we were just chatting
about how grateful we are to have this weather
because it was really touch and go.
There's only two days here in Switzerland that are meant to be nice and..
we were really seriously considering just skipping Switzerland and
[Adam]: coming into Italy.
[Tania]: Yeah and just heading south and
[Adam]: Voilà! So glad that we didn't.
I'm so glad that we.. [Tania] Yeah..
didn't give up on Switzerland and we're here for a perfect day.
Hopefully tomorrow is good as well.
And to be honest, even if today is the only good weather we get in Switzerland,
it's still worth it coming here just for this. Just for today. It's amazing.
[Tania]: Yeah, definitely.
[Adam]: This is how Tania comes down the mountains.
[Tania]: On the way back down, the sky took on a dark blue hue before turning pink
and there was a noticeable drop in temperature.
[Tania]: And now we are heading to Lauterbrunnen.
[Tania]: "What's in Lauterbrunnen?"
[Adam]: It's..I'm not exactly sure but from what it looks...
It looks like it's just a massive valley
surrounded by two massive cliffs with loads of waterfalls.
[Tania]: Sounds perfect.
And that's exactly what it was.
[Tania]: We spent the day walking around Lauterbrunnen.
It was truly a sight to behold.
The sounded feature of the valley is the Staubbach Falls.
Towering over the village at 300 meters,
nearby glacier waters plummet over the cliffs.
Staubbach Falls is one of Europe's highest free-falling waterfalls.
You really can't miss it.
We met up with Jsa, who lives in Zurich and has a beautiful blue VW.
She treated us to a sorbet and showed us around the village.
Jsa over there enjoying herself.
Whoohoo!
[Adam]: We are just walking around the little village here and
the houses are just so cute
and so quintessentially Swiss. It's amazing.
[Tania]: So we are just wrapping up what has been a wonderful day,
admiring the waterfall,
and all the gorgeous picturesque houses that are here.
And yeah.. it's just been such a nice day and we had...
[Adam]: and the cows
[Tania]: the cows, and we had sorbet, and yeah!
"What was your favorite part?"
[Jsa]: The waterfall.
[Tania]: Yeah..
[Adam]Yeah, the waterfall.
[Tania]: The waterfall.
And it's amazing because we were just having a chat there,
and Jsa was telling us that
it actually doesn't matter where you are in Switzerland.
It's like, it's just beautiful wherever it is.
It's not a certain region.
So yeah, we're just really glad that we're here.
[Tania]: "Hello"
[Adam] "Hello"
(cow snort)
[Tania]: Over the weekend, the weather became less inviting
so we took the opportunity to get some work done
and I cut Adam's hair... badly.
Monday, however, was a beautiful day.
I was just saying to Adam that,
now that the sun has come out again, it just feels like magic.
All the colors. It's just so vibrant, so we are very, very excited.
[Adam]: Very happy to see the sun again.
[Tania]: Yeah look at this.
We made our way through the valley to Grindelwald
to take a cable car up Fierce Mountain.
So we've just made it to the station,
and this will be one of our first and few Switzerland expenses,
so let's see how expensive this one's gonna be.
It was expensive! It was like...
[Adam]: 64 quid each!
[Tania]: Agh! Yeah it was..
[Adam]: Insane, and a lot and it's one o'clock already,
and the last one down is half five.
So we've only got a couple of hours.
So.....
Yeah. If you're gonna spend the money on the cable cars,
get here early enough to make it worthwhile.
[Tania]: I know, it's usually our rule.
[Adam]: That is our rule. We [ __ ] around and the web was rubbish this morning, so..
[Tania]: There you go.
[Adam]: But, it's beautiful now, so we just gotta forget that
we spent that money and make the most of it.
[Tania]: Yeah.
[Tania]: Being in the cable car was an experience of its own.
It was like being on a low adrenaline roller coaster.
[Adam]: We're off the cable car,
uhh..It's a 50 minute walk to the lake that we're going to,
umm and we've gotta be about there by half five for the final cable car down.
Otherwise, it's like a three hour walk.
[Tania]: Yeah, we're not going to do that.
[Adam]: Which we do not wanna do, so....
we've gotta kind of hop foot it a bit,
[Tania]: Which is not like us
because if you watched our other films,
you know that we love to take our time,
stare at everything, but we're on a mission now-- Get to the lake!
[Tania]: The landscape was completely white
so different to the rich greens
we'd seen in Switzerland so far.
We were 2,265 meters above sea level.
The snow was very deep as we crunched through it on our way to the lake.
I have to say, that this is definitely worth the money.
The views are amazing,
and it's just being so white and magical!
[Adam]: Yeah. [Tania]: Love it!
[Adam]: We've made it to the lake,
and it is really cool.
It's overcast here, but that just makes it really dramatic.
And the reflections...this basically looks like black water.
[Tania]: It's time to head back.
[Adam]: So we're about the only ones here,
and the last cable car goes back in about...uhh...an hour.
[Tania]: Less than an hour, yeah.
[Adam]: Yeah, so we are heading back, but it's been amazing! This black lake. Look at it!
[Adam]: The cable car ride in of itself is an experience worth doing to be honest
because it is..is so beautiful,
and you're just gliding down through these beautiful mountains,
so.. yeah, we've really enjoyed it,
and we've said it before, we said it again, it's worth the money.
[Tania]: Yeah
[Adam]:60 quid each
[Tania]: It's got the Jits' seal of approval!
[Adam]: Jits' seal of approval.
[Tania]: Our sixth day in Switzerland
and we found ourselves climbing
a mountain pass in Jitters, our 1998 tiny home on wheels.
No problem.
[Adam]: So we've just driven all the way up this mountain,
and as you can see, we are surrounded by ice and snow.
Umm.. the roads are okay though, thankfully, because the sun is out.
and Tania is making lunch.
So, this is our quick lunch stop,
but look at this!
[Tania]: All the colors!
[Adam]: That is a beautiful salad!
We'll probably put on, like, some either couscous or we'll toast some bread,
and put some hummus
and yeah.. just make a quick vitamin infused meal
[Adam]: Yay!
[Tania]: So we don't get sick because it's so cold.
[Adam]: So cold.
[Adam]: Whoohoo!
[Adam]: That view is ridiculous.
[Tania]: One of our favorite things about living in a van is being spontaneous.
Although it wasn't planned, we took the time to enjoy our lunch beside this beautiful icy lake.
Originally, we wanted to visit a glacier.
But due to the condition of the road, it was closed.
So we made our way down a windy road and stopped off at a small suspension bridge instead.
[Tania]: "Did you put your glasses on?"
[Adam]: To hide my [__] hair. Okay.
[Adam]: Um...this is the suspension bridge,
uhh...and to be honest, I wasn't very impressed with it when we were driving up to it on the road.
I was just like oh it looks about average.
But anyways, being on it is really cool,
and it's bouncy and we're the same height as the trees look at that.
[Tania]: There you go!
[Adam]: That's cool. Wobble, wobble. Jesus Christ! It wobbles.
[Tania]" Yeah, wobbly wobbly wobbly.
[Adam]: Turn it down. Oh my God!
[Tania]: Our last day of Switzerland and we woke up in Ernen, a beautiful Swiss village.
We did some van life admin and then, to our surprise, had a new experience with
a mode of travel we didn't even know existed.
[Tania]: "What have we just found out?"
[Adam]: So...Google maps just says, "in 25 yards, take the train."
And, we think there's a train,
for, that we get on with Jits.
Yeah! There is! Look! Look at the little logo.
That's what I saw.
Umm we had no idea. We have no idea how much it's gonna cost. I had no idea we were gonna do this..Umm.
So, we are getting on a train with Jits! That's gonna be quite fun!
That saves me a bit of driving.
[Tania]: (laughs) I wonder how much it's gonna be? Ohh...
[Tania]: It was 30 pounds which seemed pretty reasonable.
[Adam]: Bizzarre.
[Tania]: Oh, wow!
[Adam]: There you are, Jits!
This is the first time Jits has ever been on a train.
[Tania]: (laughs)
[Tania]: And with that, we drove out of the icy mountains of Switzerland,
across the border to the warmth of Italy.
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[Adam]: So, we are in Italy now. We've left Switzerland.
Umm.. it was beautiful, but very cold,
and now we find ourselves in the sunshine.
And it feels like we've crossed over into summer, which is amazing.
Umm I'm in shorts and t-shirt.
And yeah, it's just really...
We thought that maybe we'd seen the last of the sun, but no!
Uhh..
[Tania]" Yeah...because it's basically November now.
[Adam]: It is basically November now, and yeah, it's amazing.
Umm...but yeah, we don't know how much longer we're going to be in Italy.
We don't know what the plan is now because of COVID.
That has been on the rise again, hugely, all around Europe.
But especially, Italy and France has just gone into lockdown, so we're weighing up our options.
We've only got a month or two left before we're back for Christmas.
Umm so... yeah.
[Tania]: Who knows where we'll be.
[Adam]:Who knows where we'll be and who knows what our next film will be.
Umm, but so far Italy has been amazing and we're really gutted that we may be leaving.
Umm because, yeah, we're in this amazing olive grove now and there's loads of beautiful bar clubs. We're in Tuscany.
Ummm so yeah, you have to just stay tuned to find out where we're gonna be and what's gonna happen.
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And...yeah, thank you so much for watching.
We hope that you enjoyed coming along with us to Switzerland.
It feels like we only scratched the surface,
but even in the time that we had,
we felt like we saw so much with all the different seasons, and it has so much to offer.
So, we are excited to go back to Switzerland someday for sure.
[Adam]: Yeah.
[Tania]: Yeah. [Adam]: Cool!
[Tania]:See you later!
[Adam]: See you later!
[Tania]: Bye!
[Adam]: No, just.... Tania, we don't have time.
[Adam]: There you go. This is what us in a rush looks like, so...
[Tania]: Dancing with the snow and...
[Adam]: Dancing with the snowman.
[Tania]: Your hair is terrible at.. sorry!
[Adam]: We're in a rush. Don't stop to say that!