Hotel Crystal Lauterbrunnen

Weekje sneeuw en RELAXEN<br><br>Wat een heerlijke week!!<br><br>Hij begon wat gehaast en het bezoek aan de SEATdealer (knipperend dashboardlampje); was ook niet echt bepaald gepland..<br>Onderweg veel werkzaamheden op de duitsesnelweg wat tot de nodige vertraging zorgde maar .. waardoor we ook van mooie herfstkleuren hebben kunnen genieten.<br>Na 12uur rijden kwamen we in het donker aan in het wel vertrouwde huisje Wengi.<br><br>De volgende ...

... spent in Gimmelwald would likely seem like an eternity. Unless those Gimmelwaldians are loose with the alcohol and their money in a card game.<br><br>We passed a barn and my friend ducked her head in to get a whiff and notified me that she loved the smell of barns. Now there's a little fact I wished I'd known in advance. The reason? Well, it just so happens that in many of the small Alpian villages you can actually pay to sleep in the ...

... area, surrounded by cool mountains and sitting between two lakes. Halloween is definitely better spent in the US, but Interlaken was definitely a great alternative. This morning we got up and helped around the Hostel and then walked around Interlaken before my friends went bungee jumping. Unfortunately I didnt get to go watch because it would have been 20 dollars just to go up and watch, which would have been silly. So I took the train home. <br>

... ever...they were knocking down brick walls which was hte opposite wall in our hallway, and started work at 8 a.m. And then live music starting at 9 pm and going til midnight...our room was right above it and our beds literally shook because of the volume! We spent the day exploring the city, chocolate shops, and picnicking...for sunset we hiked up a small mountain and watched the sunset over the Alps! It was beautiful...the ...

... railway station...very expensive to get there tho! Its cold.. very cold.... and we parked the campervan and looked out to see the snowy mountains almost next door. Luckily I have Thermals and snow boots but no waterproofs... so an umbrella will have to do! Its beautiful though! Will stay here for a few nights.... Tonite will figure out what trains etc we will go on or ...

... down by all others present. We took the train from Lauterbrunnen up the mountain to Wengen, then the tram from Wengen to Mannlichen (½ price tickets for the tram&#8212;there are lots of side benefits like this to purchasing a Swiss Rail Pass). From the top of the tram, a short side hike up to the top of Mannlichen Gipfel ...

... 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 ...

... Apparently up to 20,000 liters of water per second comes down-it was definitely powerful. Instead of taking the bus back we decided to walk back to the campsite and I am glad that we did-we walked for about an hour through green hills with the Alps as the background. We passed by cows, goat, and pigs in the local farms-the clinking sounds of the cow and goat bells will forever remind me of that area. <br><br>After getting back to the campsite, we cooked dinner ...

... adventure in the town of Wil. I managed to lose our fuel filler cap during a fuel stop, so we had to go in search of a new filler cap. I stopped at a Fiat dealership. I thought I would duck into the parts department, get a new cap, and be on our way. Not so easy. After some translation issues, I was directed to the parts guy. Do you have a filler cap for an old Fiat Ducato? I asked though a young lady who spoke a bit of English ...

... been the bottom of the slope was another alpine town, which turned out to be the bigger town of Grindelwald.<br><br><br><br><br><br> We lingered up there for quite a while. We took off our socks and shoes, as we all still had sore feet from our long walk yesterday. We looked up that the Eiger, amazed that anyone had ever thought that it would be a good idea to climb a sheer wall of rock rising several thousand feet.<br><br><br><br><br><br> A ...