Grand Regina Alpin Wellfit Hotel Grindelwald

... the man ahead disappear into the cloud. After ten minutes my fingers were ready to drop off so I went back down. An expensive ride but at least I tried. The weather is supposed to be great tomorrow...hoping. That is why I gave this place three days. September and October still remain the best months to visit. However, later in the afternoon, the rain stopped and the clouds broke away so I went for a 1.15 hour hike down to the next township called Zweilutschinen. It was ...

We let the girls sleep in and then broke the news that we were going to have a quiet day in the hostel because it was raining and that they had to do a few hours of homework. Looking at the screen in the hostel, you could see that it was snowing heavily on the mountains.

By afternoon, the rain had turned to drizzle, so we ...

... hungry and we sat with a view of the glacier. We then walked through the Ice Palace which was tunnels carved out of snow with one layer being dated back to 1947. It also had carved animals. We then went outside to the snow. It must have been around -1C and the girls were thrilled to be able to touch snow again. After lots of photos of the fantastic view of the mountains (Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau) and the glacier ...

... into another backpackers. This one was very new and we had bunk beds and 2 single beds pushed together and a bathroom plus a view of a large mountain with snow on it, which we thought was the Jungfrau. We decided that we would go for a walk to a small town called Bonigen but it had started to rain so we just decided to explore Interlaken. We realised that Interlaken was a destination for Japanese tourists as near the casino, the expensive ...

... be a rest. Then I went up the opposite side of the valley to get a good overview of the marathon hike from the first day, see picture included. The views on this side were possibly even more spectacular than on the first day. I was elated.

On my last day I walked around Interlaken for a bit, only convincing myself that I made the right choice by not staying there.

Being from western ...

... before heading down into the valley. We passed the town of Meiringen that is famous for two things: the first is Meringue and the second is Sherlock Holmes’ story, The Final Solution. Those of you who have read Holmes will recognize the story in which Doyle killed off Holmes in a death match with Professor Moriarity at Reichenbach Falls.

We actually had to deal with rain at this point, but really couldn’t complain, as we ...

... tired by the fourth day, but it was still fun. The conditions weren't' great, as Europe has not seen the kind of snow that Colorado has gotten this year. We weren't able to ski to the bottom as there was not enough snow, so we took the gondola back down. Even though there was not much snow, there was plenty of sunshine. The restaurants on the slopes had lawn chairs to relax on ...

Finally sunshine above the clouds! Today I could make my way to Europe's highest railway station, Jungfraujoch. My tour book had said it is a once-in-a-lifetime trip, and I must agree. Venturing up to Jungfraujoch is no small ticket, even with a 25% savings from my Eurail Pass, the fare was still 130CHF return. However, I was going to be going up to an altitude of 3454 meters, why should it not be an reasonable expense to go up to such a height. Once again, I was on the train to ...

... I was soon up again but taking it very steady indeed. Also this week my resort manager smashed one of the vans up causing £1000 worth of damage, so that was very amusing, I got a parking ticket at the airport for £20, which comes out of my very dry pocket!!! Some more hot news off the press is that I am off to the Monaco Grand Prix in May with the other driver George and a ski instructor called Annabel and her mate Moira. Pretty cool really, Annabel has an apartment just ...