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Grindelwald Slideshow
Grindelwald
Travel Blogs from Grindelwald, Switzerland
Departing Grindelwald
Had breakfast at 8.30am then walked to the train station to buy our tickets to Interlaken Ost for our trip to Bern. We checked out of the hotel at 10am and caught the 10.50am train to ...
The Worst Winter in a Generation
OK, So my plans were to ski on my 40th birthday and I was able to do that but, in the end, that was the only day of the entire trip that I really got any skiing in (tried one other day and it was pretty bad). The reason for this was the weather. ...
Travelling from Basel to Grindelwald
... nbsp; The train took roughly three hours and goes from Basel to Bern then onwards through Interlaken and up the mountains to Grindelwald; the price of the journey was 98 CHF. The journey was comfortable but if you have snowboarding gear you will have ...
Day 3: Lausanne to Grindelwald
... for those who deviate from the standard red Geranium theme. There's no way it's a coincidence. Only 3 hours from Lausanne, Grindelwald seems like a different world. Tonight would be our first night in the German part of Switzerland and it showed. I ...
A Day of Adventure Hiking!
Ok! So Fraser and I left the place in Baden early Sunday morning to catch a train to Grindelwald for some awesome hiking. The train ride took about two hours but we were both asleep for most of it (unfortunate since the views are incredible). When we ...
A Sparkling Switzerland
... ;It also offered views of the Jungfrau, Monch and a dozen other dramatic mountains. Would definitely recommend Grindelwald to future Switzerland travelers. We were aware that Switzerland was going to be expensive, however our first shock was ...
Wow, what a ski day... 1 1.5 feet of powder
Sunday was snowing all day... <Monday was great snow almost 2 feet of fresh snay... Forecast looks good for the rest of the ...
Gliding gently into 2009, Alpine Style....
... time around, the budget for the ski trip had been upped to allow for something more indulgent, and a ski trip to Grindelwald in Switzerland was settled upon - after all, how can any self-respecting skier ski the world and not include Switzerland on ...
Thank you, God!
... we got to Alpiglen, the trails that we could see were very muddy and wet. We think we made a good decision. We arrived in Grindelwald around 5:15 on the train. (Can you only imagine what time we would have gotten here if we'd hiked part way down in ...
Ski Weekend #1 (Wengen, etc.)
... summer. We finished up in the area where the race had been held, called The Lauberhorn, and then skied back down towards Grindelwald. We grabbed some supplies (mostly beer) and made our way back to the hostel, intending on returning to the town of Wengen ...
Day 3: Long Hike Around A Big Mountain
... upon a tall mountain. But first we had to get there, which involved three trains and a cable car. We took trains everywhere in Switzerland but the following is the only thing I recall of them. One of the Guiders was also mother to two of the Guides. She ...
Our new home
Spectacular. Our home, the view, everything. 1 metre of snow and more on the way, this is picture perfect Switzerland (without the cows, who are still in the barn). This is so far different to Melbourne in every ...
Zip Line in the Alps
Hey guys, I have a video of me zip lining in the Alps. SOOOOO pretty! I will put up pictures, but that was pretty much my whole day, going up the Alps, Zip Lining, then Hiking half way down the mountain then stopping before my legs gave out!! Goodness!! ...
Himmel auf Erden
We rented a car and drove from Lugano, Italy to Grindelwald, Switzerland. Everytime I opened my eyes, all I saw was beautiful landscapes before I had to close my eyes to prevent getting car sick. The hairpin turns really took a toll on my stomach, ...
the magic formula
... , but we found the perfect combination of the above location/style combo in te anua, nz, talloires, France, and here in grindelwald, Switzerland. We've loved so many other places, too, especially where we were with friends and family, but the above places ...
Into the clouds
... views down through the clouds of the town far below. We also got to see some more cows with bells on. We left Grindelwald to head for Vevey on Lake Le Leman. Looking at the map we decided to skip taking the motor way and instead take ...
Failed beginning of the ski season
We pre-booked this weekend in December as this was suppose to be the official opening of the ski season in the Jungfrau area. Unfortunately, almost no snow had fallen and skiing was impossible. We took the train up to Kleine Scheidegg and spent the ...
GrindelWald
We Then went on to Grindelwald Switzerland in the heart of Switzerland's Jungfrau region. The area is simply breathtaking. You are surrounded by three mountains - the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. The area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site so that its ...
Grindelwald
... . I was okay though - just a small scrape on my left hand. By the time we started walking near the villages near Grindelwald, we were completely exhausted. We did FINALLY manage to get back to the train station, walk into a grocery store to buy ...
all the different things.....
... Beer, Corn Flakes, Bread, Milk (hmmm, is that backpackers diet?). What Global Financial Crisis? 7. They drive slower in Switzerland and have far greater manners - pedestrians and cyclists are treated as co-users of the road that have more ...
Walking Around
... turned around and saw us across the street laughing. The bakery also had a giant croissant outside, which Dad really liked. After walking around Grindelwald, we walked back to the train station and got on a train back to Lauterbrunnen. ...
Boarding Lessons
... and a group of eight people willing to pay money for instruction, we paid for the tuition at the local sports centre Grindelwald Sports AG in the town centre. The afternoon we spent practicing heel-edge and toe-edge as safe and easy ways of ...
Jungfraujoch (Top of Europe)
... Jungfraujoch, also known as the Top of Europe. We been rushing take away breakfast and took railway from Interlaken ahead to Grindelwald then transit to Jungfraujoch. Actually today I felt very headache due to less slept since last few days but I ...
Alpine Calander Days
Grindewald is a little holiday town in the Swiss Alps. We caught the high-speed train from Paris to Switzerland. It was a big change to be in the mountains compared to the city of Paris! We stayed in a youth hostel for 5 nights. The hostel was a 100 year ...
Arriving in Grindelwald
... and snow meant the view was not as good as it could have been. We went for a walk up the main street of Grindelwald to get orientated. Found a supermarket and bought some supplies before stopping for a coffee at Central Hotel Wolter which was next to our ...