Country Partner Wellness Hotel Caprice Grindelwald

... from the mountain to Murren. One path stated it was for only experienced hikers. That's a very subjective description. I figured you would need proper shoes and equipment. I took a look at the path and it is treacherous. You cross bridges of ice where the mountains just fall away on either side. I didn't mind that but it was quite steep and covered in snow- too slippery for my shoes. It looked spectacular though. Just standing at the precipice on the mountain and away from ...

... chalets. Some chalets were so close together in narrow streets that I'm sure you would be able to hear the neighbour’s conversations.

We went back to Interlaken and went to a chocolate shop to buy some Pave which I had heard about and to do some grocery shopping and then get in to cook dinner before the kitchen got crowded.

Woke up to a cloudy day but it didn't look too bad on the webcam from the Jungfrau so we decided to catch the train to Grindelwald and decide from there whether we went further. As we were on the train, the sun came out so we decided to go up to Jungfraujoch which is called "The Top of Europe". From Grindelwald, we got a cog train to Kleine Scheidegg then changed for the final cog train which would go to the top. Some ...

We had booked onto the Golden Pass Panoramic train but woke up to rain so thought it mightn't be very panoramic. Despite the rain, it was a scenic trip. We were heading for Interlaken and had to change trains twice. Greg was concerned that the guy at the train station had booked us on these trains and there was only 5 minutes between trains (this is the Greg who has us at the train station an hour before it goes). We didn’t have to worry ...

... drop full of avalanche protection fences for a much less gradual descent. These would also come in handy if either of us lost our footing… luckily not necessary.

In the next two days I did a couple more hikes, much easier. I took a walk down to the end of the valley, hiked up a bit of a hill, but nothing as strenuous as the first day. Got some more good views and considered that day ...

... needs to descibe it. while getting the train from interlaken to here we saw the huge mountains surrounding the region. snow topped, and high as the sky, these natural structures were amazing. arrived at the hostel quite easily and were just amazed at the view from the hostel (make sure you google grindewald to see some pictures). we chilled out that afternoon still just gazing at the mountains. its also a bit nippy here - but were at 1000m. the ...

... croissant) would get me jump started. We headed off in Sonja's car to a spectacular part of Switzerland known as the Bernese Oberland. If the skies were to open up, our hike would offer us views of the Schwarzmönch peak and perhaps of the even larger Jungfraujoch peak. But for the time being, the skies did not change color from the dull grey hues we saw in Basel. Since it wasn't raining outright when we arrived, we bought our ticket for the cable ...

... We ended up staying in a hostel that is an old, cosy mountain cottage with a million dollar view. (See picture). We hiked or biked every day and one day walked directly up a mountain. After this pleasant grind, Mary decided she would rather cancel the rest of our trip in favor of taking up her new favorite hobby of hiking. Switzerland is indescribable!!!

... umbrella and spraying water on people out of a bottle. A group of Korean tourist also came in calmly at one point for dinner and by the end of it Edgar was running around with a huge Korean flag on his shoulders and they had them up clapping and chanting to what I assume is the Korean soccer team song. (One the ladies in the group were also dressed up in a cow suit and we all did a conga line around tables and out the door into the street as well.) Over all that ...

... journey. After arriving in Grindelwald at 2pm in light snow. We walked across the road to our hotel, Hotel Bernerhof. We were offered the choice of a renovated room at the back or a room with a balcony and view of the Eiger mountain. We chose the room with the balcony which was quite old and in need of some work but was comfortable and had a good view of the mountains and town. The low cloud and snow ...