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Travelling from Basel to Grindelwald
Day two of the snowboarding trip and we haven't yet made it to the slopes. We each get up in the morning and make our way to the train station. 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 …
Boarding Lessons
Okay, so our first day was met with little success. A failed attempt at making our way down even a green slope successfully without falling over or looking like we're walking a tight-rope, but on the positive side of things we were now a little more used to the temperatures, the pain and how the board and bindings felt but we were in desperate need …
Journey to Interlaken
... the government slowly relaxed its 1542 ban on Catholic religious services in 1842. One of the highlights was the Aarzelghus. Built in 1736, it is one of the last remaining residences in a typical style of Interlaken at the time. It has impressive relief carvings such as friezes, corbels and inscriptions. Lisa and I then headed back to the train station, where we caught a private train (i.e. we couldn’t use our Eurail passes) run ...
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
... of the mountains around us and a thick layer of snow on everything. We spent this day travelling up the 'Top of Europe' with amazing views.. That unfortunately we were unable to see because of the weather.. All well, we got to go into an ice palace and the views on the way back made up for it. We had snowball fights, made snow angels, bought Swiss Army knives, ate traditional fondu, celebrated Matt and Jaz ...
By train to the "Top of Europe"
... for Grindelwald arrives and I got the seat right behind the driver. As its all glass, one can see right down the track ahead and only then does one realize just how steep some of these gradients really are. The line simply just disappears over the side of the mountain at some points.
Back at Grindelwald and its time to pack all my camera gear back into the small space I have on my bike. A quick ride around Grindelwald itself and then off back down the road in search of ...
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