Hotel Alpenblick Grindelwald

... werden we verast met een dik pak sneeuw!! <br>Een wandeling van Riederalp langs Blausee, vervolgens door de heuvel-bos-rug naar Rieder Furka was een wandeling van 4 uur, met onze schenen in de sneeuw, was een goede start van onze wandel vakantie:)<br><br>Zeer fijn waren onze mooie nieuwe waterdichte en dus warme bergschoenen!<br><br>De volgende dag stond ondanks de nieuwe sneeuw welke de nacht gevallen was, wederom de Eggerhorn op het ...

... 3 families: von Allmen, Brunner and Feuz. With 130 townsfolk sharing hte 3 surnames. To keep prescriptions and medical records straight, the doctor in nearby Lauterbrunnen goes by birth date first, then the patient's name."<br><br>It is definitely one of those places where if you were able to located some brocade curtains and stich yourself a pinafore, you could twirl around, channel Maria von Trapp, and belt our a rousing rendition of ...

... International Bureau of Education, but just ending up using their reception phone to call people, and then was given a new e-mail address to send my request to. (Friday night I started my ISP work log and realized I have sent out 31 different e-mails trying to get interviews). After interview begging I went to the UN library to prepare for my interview the next day, and afterwards my friend Molly and I went to a piano recital at the UN put on ...

... did a small but nice hike in the mountains the next day. It&#8217;s crazy how you lose your hiking skills really quickly. I felt like i was going to fall over every step I took. All over the valley, we could see para-sailers in the sky, it would have been awesome to try except it the damage was at least $170 each... bummer.<br><br>http://picasaweb.google. com/lh/photo/_RXGGfa-cjNcaDADRk_4xA?aut hkey=Gv1sRgCMTOwqr-zZGObA&amp;feat=dire ctlink

... 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&#8217; 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.<br><br>We actually had to deal with rain at this point, but really couldn&#8217;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 ...

... 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 ...

... flies taking huge bites out of our flesh, but the experience was very enjoyable. We returned late afternoon, as clouds were gathering, to Ian's for tea. We met Ian's friend/boss/co-cleaning devil Steve, a very mad individual in a group of mad individuals. Paul and I returned to our room, showered, and changed for dinner. We met Ian, Peter, and Jerry at a local pub (filled with Interlakeners), where we had rosti. Delicious. Fun time ... said good-bye to all.