Derby Grindelwald

... schoongemaakt en eens goed naar bepaalde houdbaarheidsdatums gekeken :)<br>Piekobello is hij nu maar het heeft wel wat uren gekost.. Maar had het er graag voor over!<br>Lester was tijdens mij schoonmaak woede aan het houthakken!! en heeft gezorgd dat er weer een goede voorraad te verstoken is komende wintertijden!!<br><br>Via een tussenstop in Frankfurt terug naar huis waar Job en Elana (de katten) ons met luid miauw onthaalden.<br><br>Annemarth

This morning we set out for the famous Swiss Alps. Think Sound of Music. Yes, I know that was set in Austria, but think of the setting nonetheless. We took a morning train from Zurich to Interlaken, where we would spend the night. The approach into the Alps was breathtaking. Technically it's breathtaking in more ways than one, because at the higher altitudes it does become a little more difficult to breath, but not as noticable as I've ...

... than we did. We got train tickets to go up to Grindelwald where we were going to go hiking from. Before we went up there though, we had to find a tourist information spot because one of my friends really wanted to go zorbing while we were there. Our study abroad program has a list of dangerous things that we arent allowed to do (hitchhike, ride in private planes, ride motorcycles, bungee jump, etc) so my friend had found the only thing in ...

... people were hiking...and here we are huffing and puffing away. So far, the weather has been outstanding- about 70's during the day. The lake was beautiful...once we reached it, we sat down and ate a light lunch while enjoying the view. We are looking forward to a nap &amp; a nice fondue dinner tonight with some champagne :-)

... and another day of biking around the entire city, we set off at midnight to drive on the Autobahn to Bern. So instead of spending the night on a sleeping train, we took turns driving and sleeping (thank you Alex for the wonderful neck pillow!). <br><br><br><br>We drove into Interlaken around 9, into GORGEOUS views of mountains and lakes (thanks Jess!!). Because we were pooped from almost no sleep, we spent most of the day sleeping ...

... something. i was like...i don't really want to wake up just yet. he was like ahhhh i have the opposite problem as i am trying to stay awake. so then he leaves and i end up falling asleep on the lawn chair with my wrap covering me. about 7a or so T comes and wakes me up and we get breakfast and quickly decide to get the Heck outta dodge...at least this freakin place...even though we knew it was just a place to crash. tbc....

... wet and cranky. As we have had rain in every county we have visited, Rob suggests we rent ourselves out, I continue to look surly and mutter this wasn't in the brochure, looking forward to tomorrow and the hope of sun. 9/8/07 Day 11 Hummmphhh, more rain, but it has settled down and the swimming pool is more or a paddling pool than the Olympic one Rob was aiming for. A man on site tells me it was snowing early in the morning and it has that cold bite that reminds me of ...

... little mountain paradise-- Colorado times ten. It really is just incredible. We are serenaded by cow bells that sound like glockenspiels (or however that is spelled) as we walk along paths lined on either side with mountain flowers. It seems as if everywhere you look around, you are overtaken by the amazing mountains, often spouting with waterfalls ...

... nearly $3 per litre, meat is at least $22 a kilo and even Swiss chocolate is more expensive than you would expect as it's considered one of the food groups over here. The ride to Grindelwald was my first real taste of mountain roads in Switzerland. Compared to both Greece and Italy they are rather tame. They are well sign posted, well maintained, with good crash barriers and good surfaces. Grindelwald is much bigger and far more touristy ...

... the freezing rapids. Back at Balmers, we relaxed, made dinner and watched "Wayne's World". On July 21st we woke up at 7:30AM again. By 8:15AM we left on a Canyoning trip. It was a great trip through rocks, rushing cold water, rapids and tiny waterfalls all along the canyon. I repelled down a small 50 foot ...