Lauterbrunnen Valley waterfalls

The alarm signalled us to lift our heads off our feather pillows and peel back the soft duvet. I drew the curtains with anticipation and took in the view of white snowy mountains and the misty waterfall against a perfectly clear blue sky. Vern turned on the live cam channel and it looked just as perfect up the top. Down in the valley you …

For my chance to see a bit more of the Swiss countryside, we opted to stay in central Switzerland located close to some of the biggest ski fields in the country. Lauterbrunnen, a heavily populated area during both summer and winter months, did not have any accommodation available. As a result, we chose Interlaken, centrally located upon the …

Today we traveled from Lucerne to Lauterbrunnen, and spent our day here. If we could choose any place in the world to live, we agreed it would be here. Beautiful mountains surrounding us, a small, quiet "downtown" that closes at 7pm, and while it caters to tourism, it's all authentic (first town with no sightings of Starbucks or McDonald's). We …

Today we awoke and were happy to be heading to Switzerland. We arrived at the station via the LONG route taken by our Taxi driver! Dodgy ****! He spoke enough English that when I told him I knew he had shafted us and taken us the long way he didn't deny it. I wish I spoke more French at this point. *******.

Upon entering the station we saw …

Day 1 - Sunday. Travelling today by train to Switzerland, first a train to Geneva, and then a quick change for a train to the capital, Bern. Wow! is all I can say about the landscape from when we travelled across the Switzerland border - just sensational - gorgeous snow capped mountains on our left, overlooking Lake Geneva, and idyllic village …

Entry containing 8 photos titled: One of the numerous falls, At Trummelbach Falls, Lauterbrunnen and the surroundings, Building a snow man at Kleine Scheidegg, The Eiger, Biking in Lauterbrunnen, Schilthorn

The Swiss Alps - from Geneva to Montraux to Zweissiman to Lauterbrunnun to Mürren, Wengen, Jungfraujoch, Grindelwald, Interlaken to Lucerne to Zürich. And a few others in between. This country is a postcard everywhere you go, in every direction you look. The whole place looks like a painting! Switzerland is also incredibly expensive. …

We woke up to a lovely, sunny day! Breakfast was freshly baked, you-cut-it bread with strawberry rhubarb jam, yogurt (super fresh, made from Swiss cows…), and coffee. We have a free day, but the majority of us elected to head out together for a day up in the Alps (we got a discount that way).

After taking a tiny bus to a gondola and …

Had an ok breakfast at our Hotel. Meats, cheeses, muesli in heavy cream, orange juice, good coffee, croissants. I tell Grant, "Be thankful you're not in Germany. It's the same just take away the muesli and the croissants."

We walk to the cable car station. Anne buys us tickets and I feed mine into the turnstile. It doesn't register and won …

Day 3 - Trummelbach Falls, Thun, Interlaken

Now sitting on the cruise down lake Thun facing the Swiss alps while waiting for the ship to sail. A pictureques sight indeed that has been my staple these past 2 days.

Morn started out rather wet and cold. Woken up by the hourly chime of the church just next to our hotel staucchard. The …

... walls of rock towered above us for over a thousand feet.  I have never seen anything like it.  On one side of the valley, waterfalls fell from the very top of the cliff, barely touching the wall of rock on the way down.  By the time the ...