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Grindelwald Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Grindelwald, Switzerland
Thanksgiving with the Duhe's & Winter Wonderland
... got me in the Christmas countdown mood! We took a day trip on Saturday into the Alps to see Interlochen and Grindelwald. Everything was snow-covered and looked like it was straight out of a fairy tale. Do people actually live up in ...
day of rest -almost
last night we did as the locals and Mick and Sue tried Fondue... spicy cheese hot on table and dunked bread/pickled onions/gerkins and potatoes... interesting but not again!!!.. a few drinks and a good nights sleep.. today is HOT.. must be 30 degrees.. ...
Grindelwald
We went to Grindelwald today, the popular tourist and ski town. It's hard to think of adjectives to describe it. There's the Eiger and about fifty other mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, and valleys with more wildflowers than you could count I'm 100 ...
The best day of my life, so far.
Of all the days and places we could spend our anniversary, Estela and I happened to be in the Bernese Overland above Grindelwald, Switzerland for our 20th. Actually, it turned out to be the best day of my life for many reasons. I have to apologize up ...
Berner Oberland Ski Tour
... our friend Keith invited us to go along with him and friends Adrian and Lissa on the Berner Oberland ski tour in Switzerland. Keith is a fully certified IFMGA/AMGA mountain guide who spends his winters in La Grave ski guiding clients around the ...
fun at Altitude
... oooos and ahhhhs as the scenery is breath-taking... more mountains .. more crystal lakes .. unbelievable... then we arrived at grindelwald.. about 6.5 hours travel all up including a few stops for coffeee/tea/ piddle and smokes.... great driving by ...
Four mountain passes in four days
... , easy on the gas 15 July, Friday Start point: Lauterbrunnen (SE if interlaken) End point: Innertkirchen Via: Grindelwald Odom(Km): 46.71 Moving(hrs.mim): 4.35 Ave(Km/h): 10.2 Total Ascent(m): 1299 Max Altitude(m) 1974 ...
Swiss Alps
... honest, this city is exatly as i expected. big banks, flash shops on the high street and expensive. wow!!! this is all grindelwald (and the jungfrau region) needs to descibe it. while getting the train from interlaken to here we saw the huge mountains ...
Mountains and Canals
I have to go back to Grindelwald, Switzerland. I must. Words cannot describe the natural beauty of the Swiss Alps, it is absolutely incredible. On Christmas Eve we arrived in Interlaken, Switzerland and boarded a private train to Grindelwald ...
The Glacier Express
We checked out of our hotel in St. Moritz and went to the train station to board The Glacier Express. It is the slowest express train in the world –it only averages 25 miles per hour. Had we taken the train all the way back to Zermatt, we would ...
Skiing in in the Alps
... . We stayed in a quaint little village called Grindelwald, which is about an eight hour drive from Prague. Grindelwald is a great little village with beautiful scenery of the Alps and great shopping. There were tons of Swiss watches, ...
Breathtaking Switzerland
... just skip over this entry since it is nearly indescribable. However, although I haven't even bought a postcard because it won't do Switzerland justice, I will try to describe a little of what we've seen. As I said before, the mountains are gargantuan and ...
Grindelwald
... was a rest day. Where better to do it than the most beautiful most relaxing place I've found so far on this earth. Grindelwald Switzerland. We've made this stop several times before. Kenzie is an old friend of mine and she married Mandel and moved to ...
May 26th: Grindelwald*
woke up at 5a to the window shut the horrible smell of feet again and the girl across from T trying to wake the guy up above her and her standing right by Ts head and not appearing to be really quiet. all this of course completely irritates ...
The Jungfrau On the Cheap: Hiking to Grindelwald
... ;separating ourselves from every other tourist who visited the Jungfrau that day, we set off down the alpine trail to Grindelwald. Despite the threatening weather and the late hour, the trip was mostly uneventful. We stopped to collect some ...
Last night as worldtraveller abroad
... at the seperate blog "Switzerland Crossing kohler's Choice" for more exactly details of the route. After crossing the border to Switzerland in the french part, I faced the big moment. Not only one dream was about to become true, even three dreams ...
First Trek in Grindelwald
... of it, but the day was enjoyable and we got a good first glance at what we could expect during out time in Grindelwald. a bit of Background The Eiger is an incredibly famous Alpine mountain. since the summit was first reached in 1839, the North Face ...
Cote de Azure to Berner Oberland
... , and we havent paid a toll!! which reminds me I am supposed to buy a vignette, oops!! We booked into a park at Grindelwald, 20k south of Interlaken called Eigernordwand, this place is a true Swiss mountain village underneath the shadows of the mountains ...
Last full day in Grindelwald
... had started up the path that would lead us up 400m over 3km to a smashing view of the Untergrindelwald Gletscher (lower Grindelwald glacier). After a short lunch and geography lesson on glaciation from Mr. Oates we set back down the path towards the ...
Grindelwald
On Wed Sep 3rd, I decided to go to Grindelwald. It is amazingly beautiful. I took a lift all the way to the top of neighboring mountain (have forgotten the name). The views were even more spectacular ...
Grindelwald ... the Swiss names just keep coming!
We couldn't resist the opportunity to go back to the Jungfrau region (Interlaken area) again. Only this time we headed to Grindelwald. Ian had ridden there on his big ride from Wilderswil, and he said it had really nice views. Joe, from our 1st ...
Address's and Contact Numbers
... will be snow chain weather!!! Any how some of you wanted my contact details so here they are: Grund Apartment Grindelwald 3818 Switzerland Home phone number 0041 338535963 Work Mobile Phone 0041 763030109 There you go, Laters, ...
Mickey's Piccies
Some pics of the trip from Mickey Lunn As always, copy and paste the link to see the pictures: ...
A Few Facts About Switzerland
... and because of this very expensive, it is £5 for a value meal, now where is the value in that!!! Like everything is Switzerland it is bloody expensive as I will now demonstrate. Down the local Coop you can buy a block of ordinary cheese produce of ...
White Christmas
Thousands of stars sparkle on the surface of the snow, full moon washes the world blue the earth is shining as I snow shoe to a distant hut for fondue and gluwein (hot spiced wine) with 20 complete strangers. The cold air slaps me awake, despite ...