Lauterbrunnen
Travel Blogs from Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
On a High
· Lauterbrunnen, Jungfrau, Switzerland · GMT +1:00 hour Anyone who has not seen the scenery which surrounds Interlaken does not know Switzerland - Felix Mendelssohn Efficiency Personified So we headed, bags on back, to Bern train station where ...
Birthday Special
... . Mandy had done this same ride back in 1996 when she did a Contiki tour of Europe. Our trip started from Lauterbrunnen station and started climbing steeply straight away up the sides of the valley walls through tunnels zigzagging past Wengen and stopping ...
Too much of a good thing
... public transport as long as they are traveling with you. This includes the Jungfraubahn. We rocked up to the Jungfraubahn at Lauterbrunnen station and were pleasantly surprised that the BOSS's travel card allowed her to go free of charge and that my ...
I have died and gone to heaven
So not only have I finally picked up the scooter - I have ridden into some of the most spectacular countryside on this earth. Outback Australia is very cool - and Lauterbrunnen could not be more of a contrast - and I LOVE them both ...
Dear Mum... my new address is...
... well sign posted, well maintained, with good crash barriers and good surfaces. Grindelwald is much bigger and far more touristy than Lauterbrunnen so we drove straight through it and up the mountain to see how far we could get. About 20kms up the valley ...
Switzing It Up
... I heard the music of waterfalls and cow/sheep bells. The area has 72 waterfalls. After coming back to Lauterbrunnen, I visited the Staubbachfall, which is the largest freefalling waterfall in Europe and it inspired a famous poem by ...
Trümmelbach Falls
... . We spend most of the remaining day exploring Lauterbrunnen and then head back to Interlaken for dinner and some more shopping. Lauterbrunnen Coming up: 14. Jungfrau - the top of Europe 15. Venice - water, water everywhere and not a drop to ...
Peas please.
... right up and up to the very summit of Mt. Blanc, it is an epic snow covered mountain which divides France, Italy and Switzerland. An outstanding opportunity by Jena's parent that we would never have been able to do on our own. We spent the majority of ...
Day 15 - Down the Jungfrau
... and at what you don't know. I came upon a yellow road sign on the path. In one direction, straight ahead, was Lauterbrunnen.In another direction, if I took a right, was Lauterbrunnen. I remembered that I had the map of the hiking paths in my ...
Lauterbrennen Hostel
We had an awesome Swiss dinner at the Oberland hotel - cheese fondue and the swiss dish "Rotsi"(sp?). I should mention that Anne spent months looking for places to stay, etc. We wanted to stay on Gimmelwald (not Grindelwald) but it was booked. ...
Switzerland
... train reveals an even more stunning local. Today I took the train to the town of Grindelwald, while larger than Lauterbrunnen, and full of shops both tourists and expensive boutiques Grindelwald still retains every bit of Swiss charm. From there I ...
Lauterbrunnen
This place was awesome!! Smack bang in the middle of the Swiss Alps. Our hostel room was little wooden cottage, and the view all around was just of mountains. The one directly infront had snow on top. The one to the right had a waterfall that you could ...
Lauterbrunnen
... had fallen in love. After chilling out for a bit we got a combined ticket and got a few gondolas and trains around the Lauterbrunnen area. It was a great day in beautiful surroundings, there was a chill in the air but the sun was shinning and the birds ...
Not Interlaken
... made my decision. Turns out my somewhat random choice was a good one, putting me in one of the most beautiful areas in Switzerland, according to some. Not that I have much to compare it to, but I wouldn’t argue with that. Pictures ...
Day trip to Lucerne
... we had to pay for an ok meal at a little snack/restaurant kind of place. Things were a little cloudy and misty back in Lauterbrunnen. I would have to get up bright and early tomorrow to see if we can make the trip up to the top. Hopefully we ...
Payback for all the good weather we've had!
Floods, raging rivers, landslides, power outages, road closures. Welcome to ...
Well as you might have guessed weve gotten ...
... to say about that part. The drive was gorgeous though. Swizterland is just so picturesque, it's almost unreal. WE didn't arrive at Lauterbrunnen (a dinky little village) until evening, so all we really had time to do was, well of course DRINK! It was ...
Shaken not Stirred at Schilthorn!
We have just come back down to earth after a fantastic trip in a cable car to the 10,000ft summit of the Schilthorn, which was the film location for the James Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The weather was perfect, after days and days of ...
Messages greatly received ....
We only have about 5 weeks now until we return to the UK (although we won't be returning to Kendal straight away) and we've had well over 1,000 visitors to our little blog since we left home. Now, we know Rob has a huge fan club (is that a trumpet I can ...
Lauterbrunnen - Switzerland
Switzerland was amazing!! from the moment we crossed the border the views were breath-taking. We stayed in a little village and were surrounded by the Alps. We took a train up to Jungfrau, which is the highest point you can get to by train in Europe. It ...
Lucerne, Lauterbrunnen
... it and mountains in the background. Home of the Cuckoo clocks... Drive through more beautiful scenery until we reach Lauterbrunnen. Cabins are beautiful, a huge waterfall is just behind the cabins, makes a nice noise. One thing to mention about ...
Heads in the clouds (if there were any!)
We are loving it in Switzerland! Had plenty of rain, but the good days more than make up for it and today has been a cracking one. Really frosty this morning (not for the first time Daisy had ice on the inside of her windows) but lovely blue sky. We've ...
Arrival in Switzerland
... but will serve its purpose. It's really overcast so a lot of low lying clouds here. We are at about 800m in Lauterbrunnen I think. After sitting down for a few minutes we decided to go ahead and head into the valley. Not that the ...
Switzerland
... , and took the cable car up the other side to Gimmelwald. Then I headed over to Murren, and then back into Lauterbrunnen. Its amazing to think that the gondola's only starting running in the 60's, its incredible to think what the locals did to ...
Alps
... ; We said heck with it and headed down the road. We crossed into Germany, then back into Austria, then into Switzerland, then thoroughly toured the microcountry of Leichtenstein, then back into Switzerland. All of that after lunch. Nick and Jessie ...
A huge change of pace
... change in 24 hours. I have gone from hanging out with 77 people to being all alone in a peaceful town in Switzerland. Lauterbrunnen is in the valley of the Berner Oberland region of Switzerland with the Swiss Alps towering from above. (On a ...
Footloose in SWITZERLAND Bernese Oberland, Lucerne
... a wonderful system of cable cars and cog railways. These are showcased in the National Transport Museum in Lucerne. Lauterbrunnen (Bernese Oberland)- A perfect centre for touring the dramatic valleys and snowcapped peaks by the charming cog railways... to ...
Travelling into the mountains
... about 2pm. Grabbed a Foccacio on the train. the next shorter leg took us to Interlaken where we caught the local train to Lauterbrunnen. Hauling luggage on and off trains became quite an art form but we got it organised between the two of us. A final ...
Til The Cows Come Home
... each (compared to 167 CHF for the Jungfraujoch) we caught the precariously steep cable car up to Grutschalp, which is directly above Lauterbrunnen at 1486m altitude. We then caught the train across to Murren, a tiny little town perched on a hill, a bit ...

