Hotel Cabana Grindelwald

... br>Deze hebben we eerder tervergeefs getracht te beklimmen in 2004 én 2007. <br>Helaas ook deze keer zijn we op de helft gestrand... <br>We hadden reeds 4uur omhoog geklommen van 1620 naar 2050 meter hoogte! Volgens de bordjes zouden we hier echter 2uur over moeten doen; Door de sneeuw was dit voor ons niet mogelijk.<br>Eerst was de sneeuw nog leuk maar na dat hij tot de schenen en vervolgens tot de knieen was het bijna niet meer te doen ...

... is a mountain that rises 9,748' above sea level. At it's peak sits a restaurant called "Piz Gloria"'. Now a restaurant at the top of this dramatic overlook, which gives you a view to the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau peaks (all in excess of 13,000' and snow-covered, would be spectacular enough. However evidently the Swiss wanted more drama, so they also made it revolve. For those of you who are 007 fans, the restaurant was "blown up ...

... 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 ...

... 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

We went to Grindelwald today, the popular tourist and ski town. It's hard to think of adjectives to describe it. There's the Eiger and about fifty other mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, and valleys with more wildflowers than you could count I'm 100 lifetimes. We took the gondola up, hiked a bit and then rode some scooters down the mountain.<br>

... the Swiss portion of the trip through the nice people at ski.com (hurrah for Annalisa) and had a h otel reservation, but didn't actually know where the hotel was. Turns out, it was way up the hill from the train station. Naturally. So I walked uphill, in the snow, with a heavy load on my back ... yes, I know, you all feel so sorry for me ... to find it. My room wasn't too bad ... I ended up with a bigger ...

... trains you see) and trundled up to the next stage (Kleine Schiedeg) for hot chocolate and more acclimatisation. Off then, up the Jungfrau, we stopped several times to get some views, I stayed on the train at the first stop, chivalrously guarding the bags, just three of us left in the carriage, they all came back in about 5 seconds (we actually had 5 whole minutes to view) as the cloud was over the viewing area - did not bode well! JENN - in reality Rob was sleeping on and ...

... waterfalls, and all with the backdrop of the Alps). The last leg before we hit Gimmelwald is a bus route, and Erin and I are looking out the window going ????... we are driving along this valley in a bus and all along the valley is surrounded by cliffs with big yosemite like water falls and we are just bussing by it. I am thinking this guy has the best bus driver route period. So, then we get off the bus and jump on a gondola ...

... who was about 19/20 moaned all the way and acted like a 6 year old, along with having her headphones so loud that I actually started to play the game, can I work out what you are listening to, the answer yes bloody trance music at 2pm in the afternoon give me a break!!! The mum threw up, the dad just became so annoying. And I hear you all asking why didn't you move carriage, well cause I am stubborn and I was there ...

Rain. No sleep last night. Up early to drive to Zurich to see Ian off. Then went to Franck's sisters' house. Looked at several possible cars to purchase but took advice that it is best to rent as old cars are so unreliable. Had delicious lunch at aunt's house. Paul and I sat on sofa, reading paper, as we could not contribute ...