Switzerland, Quinten - a hidden piece of paradise on the lake
Greetings, travelers, how are you in this foggy autumn morning? I hope I find in good health and spirit!
I have to admit, my spirit is a bit down lately, with all those lockdowns around us. So I've been virtually traveling more by checking a lot my photo albums from my previous travels, most of them worry-free, completely unaware of what was about to happen. Then yesterday I came upon the photos from the lovely little village of Quinten, located on the Northern shores of the beautiful lake Walensee in Switzerland, I was certain I have to write and share my memories and some of the pictures I took that day.
What's unique about Quinten? Perhaps there are several things that are unique for this divine place but what impressed me the most is the fact there are no roads going there. Logically, I didn't see any car or truck in that small village. The only vehicles I saw there were the small special tractors for treating the vines growing on the very steep slopes and hills in the area.
So one could get there on foot, hiking in the mountain, the Swiss Alps, to be precise, or by boat.
It is indeed a very small village, at the time we visit it, it had less than 20 houses. Here how it looks from the water.
However, this is a photo I took when we left it in the late afternoon, so let me tell you how did we get there!
It was a lovely Sunday and the weather forecast was excellent for a mid-June weekend. As I was visiting dear friends of mine who live in Switzerland we decided to spend that promising day outdoors and take a long hike in the Alps. We parked and left the cars in Walenstadt in the morning and started hiking up. If you check the map, perhaps you'll tell that the distance between this two points isn't that big. However, there are lots of going up and down and those who hike know what this means. A lot of energy spent, lots of breaks along the walk.
A nice trick when hike with more people and you carry a big heavy backpack with photo equipment is to regularly use this as an excuse to have more breaks and take photos, LOL! :)
Walensee is a magnificent lake, with its beautiful surroundings and the shiny blue clear Karst waters. As we were going higher and higher, the views were becoming breathtaking:
Those vivid colors were saturating my eyes ;)
The delta of Seez river with the highway passing above it:
We were still going up to one of the highest points on our route:
After a short break, enjoying the crystal air and the stunning views, we started the descending part of our hike towards Quinten:
Finally, we were there! As it was the afternoon already, we first went to the local lake port to see what are our option for getting back to the town where the cars were parked and with a bit of the risk involved we decided to take the latest boat back. If we'd missed it, we would have been forced to hike back in the mountain at night! The risk was totally worth it, though!
Absolutely worth it as this way we had more time to ramble around and explore that beautiful and very silent area. (Do you remember there are no cars here as there's no point of having them around? :))
Of course, we tasted a glass of the local white wine (Federweiss) that was just like an ambrosia after the long and exhausting hike (especially considering my ten kilos photo backpack, LOL). Ah, let me mention here, that this hiking route isn't quite easy so you better be in a good shape if you decide to follow those steps ;)
The cozy restaurant had the logical name of Seehus and of course, great lake views :)
After that short "recharge" we scattered around and spent our time discovering even more beauties:
The fresh bright green leaves of the vines were filling my eyes:
What a lovely combination of green and blue, isn't it? :)
Evidently, locals are occupied with these two major activities, tourism and wine making. I really hope they are good after the lockdowns!
Wait... Is this the local fire station? I guess, there aren't many fires around! ;)
It was time to go, I should say sail back to where our journey started. So we hoped on the boat and enjoyed the late afternoon sun rays over us and the stunning lake views:
I am so grateful to my friends for organizing this lovely Sunday journey and to the people of Quentin for the hospitality! It is a day I will never forget!
Thank you for stopping by, your time and support are precious and much appreciated, please check out below few other win-win ways to encourage me in my difficult visual art endeavor as a photographer and visual artist and stay in touch!
Check out more about me and some of my best visuals and favorite photographs here: https://hadjiyvanov.com/
Follow me on Twitter for more updates and to have early access to my freshly minted NFTs: https://twitter.com/hadjiyvanov
My single edition unique digital art works, minted as NFT on Ethereum at OpenSea could be found by following this link: https://opensea.io/collection/art-by-lightcaptured
You could get a cheap and useful license here for some of my visual works approved by the quality review team of Adobe, Inc. stock agency: https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/206416265/lightcaptured
My minted NFT art works on the EOS block-chain: https://gallery.pixeos.art/profiles/damian-hadjiyvanov
I frequently use and recommend those fine services below, by following my referral links it is benefitial for both of us and it is a win-win for both you and me:
- Trade on one of the biggest and the most established exchanges: https://www.binance.com/en/register?ref=L9YP0QXH
- Here is another great exchange with staking rewards just in case you live in the European Financial Zone: https://bitvavo.com/?a=8BD90E2321
- Get 1π and join the Pi mining revolution here, all you need is a mobile device: https://minepi.com/lightcaptured Use my username (lightcaptured) as your invitation code.
- Probably the oldest and most fun Bitcoin faucet with extras: https://freebitco.in/?r=41678934
- You love playing mobile and desktop games? You like to be challenged and win crypto for this? Why not get rewarded with EOS for it here: https://womplay.io?ref=77RVCJ3
- Enjoy flawless trading at Bittrex, as this seems to be the only exchange with good offers for both SBD and HBD (steem and hive dollars): https://bittrex.com/Account/Register?referralCode=EER-S3B-0BH
- Great Asian exchange with interesting IEO (initial exchange offerings), ProBit, that's your easy chance to get your hands on new and promising tokens before they go bullish: https://www.probit.com/r/78177652
Copyright: Light Captured
For licensing my visual works and text content, please drop me a message on Discord: lightcaptured#2698 or on Twitter
I wish you all have a great day, stay safe, stay strong and let your muse be always on your shoulder! Let's keep in touch and help each other here on the block-chain platform. United, we are much stronger!
You got a 90.92% upvote from @bidvote courtesy of @lightcaptured!