Seferovic brings Switzerland Under17’s team on the top of the world

The Swiss team, winner of Under17’s football world cup 2009:

B. Siegrist
B. Martignoni
R. Rodriguez
J. Kamber
C. Chappuis
F. Veseli (Kosovo)
O. Buff
G. Xhaka (Albania)
P. Kasami (Albania)
H. Seferovic (Bosnia E.)
N. Ben Khalifa (Tunisien)
A. Goncalves (Portogallo)
S. Hajrovic (Bosnia E.)
K. Nimeley (Ghana)

Not playing

R. Vecchi (Italia)
R. Rodriguez (Chile)
J. Kassumbua (Congo)
I. Mijatovic (Serbia)
M. Nakic (Croatia)

Beside the sport result and the wonderful team work of such a multi-cultural group, what amazes me is that there are no Germans

Weesen – Walenstadt: from dawn ’til dusk on the Walensee

What a nice daily hiking today on the north side of the Walensee. 12 brave men and women who managed to wake up before the sunrise, 12 hours of tough and beautiful paths through colorful autumn forests. No cold, no fatigue, no wine could stop them! I love it when a plan comes together.

Here the reportage on flickr.com

Inline skating against the swine flu: skate marathon on the Greifen See (Uster)

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It was a big success the inline skating marathon “Aktive gegen die Schweine Grippe” organized by Loranablog on the 29th of August 2009. Several enthusiastic inline skaters, following the motto “No kisses, no hugs .. it’s pandemic, baby! (CC)” rolled for 19,340 meters around the Greifen See. The sunny day and the süessmoscht gave more than enough juice to roll the long distance in only 3 hours and 22 minutes. The end of the day has been celebrated with a vigorous swimming in the lake and a gorgeous grill back in the city.

We thank all the participants and we look forward to the next great event!

P.S. you can request the master pictures to print yourself the “No kisses, no hugs .. it’s pandemic, baby!” t-shirt (CC) at loranablogatkillamaildotcom

P.P.S. you can support our initiatives against the swine flu pandemic by donating money to loranablog through Paypal (on the right columns of the blog)

On the 1st of August we are all Swiss

So, we conveniently celebrated on the Queen of the mountains, Mount Rigi, having some raclette for lunch. After it we climbed down to the Vierwaldstättersee, we took the Uri wheel boat and we had a bath at Luzern Lido. We finished the day admiring fireworks and big burning fires on the lake shores. Not bad, indeed!

Aletschgletscher as you never experienced: die 11 Studenlang Wanderung

Which in English means: the 11 hours long hiking! We woke up a 5:45am; we went back to bed at 1:45am. We started in Bettmer, we finished in Fiesch.

Except for the psycho-physical alterations our brains and bodies suffered, we experienced this Sunday one of the most beautiful hiking we ever had, most of it aside (and on!) the largest European glacier: the Aletschgletscher.

Click on the post picture to get a top view on the trail and some inspiration for your next daily hiking weekend, but especially click HERE to see in flikr.com our set of incredible Aletschgletscher pictures …

… or click HERE to automatically launch the slideshow. Thanks to Cristina for sharing this very sporty day

Brunnostökli and (almost) Rigidalstock

Another wonderful sunny day for the via ferrata in front of the Titlis.  Alessandro  put a very straight line between him, the only one who managed to climb both Brunnostökli and Rigidalstock (without being even tired) and Diana, satisfied enough from her first track ever, Maite, just tired, and that guy with the white helmet and red polo, just unfit …

Click on the blog picture to see all the pictures of this very sporty day!

Swiss magic moments

Far away from psycho neighbours and work hysteria, wandering around with good friends in Switzerland is a very healthy and enjoyable experience. I strongly suggest it to you too Click HERE to see the picture set

Appenzeller bier: der Sonnenschein wenn die Sonne nicht da ist

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… at least this is what we liked to think today

(Appenzeller bier: the sunshine when the sun is not there with you)

Mystical Bodensee: Jesus and “the birds of the air”

Maybe because it was Easter, maybe because we ran on our inline skates for more than 30 km on a sunny Sunday, maybe because I am scared of getting jobless …

… when I took this picture Matthew 6:26 came to my mind. Matthew finishes on 6-34 as follows:

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.”

Amazingly, this is exactly what I thought when I named this blog Today is life, tomorrow never comes. Did hippies read the New Testament?

Click on the post picture to watch the moment my mystical hallucination arose.

Identified flying objects on Switzerland

Nice Sunday: sunny and warm. Perfect for a long bicycle ride. And for photo shooting! Click on the picture panels to zoom in.