Hotel Dala Leukerbad

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Piekobello is hij nu maar het heeft wel wat uren gekost.. Maar had het er graag voor over!
Lester was tijdens mij schoonmaak woede aan het houthakken!! en heeft gezorgd dat er weer een goede voorraad te verstoken is komende wintertijden!!

Via een tussenstop in Frankfurt terug naar huis waar Job en Elana (de katten) ons met luid miauw onthaalden.

Annemarth

... them in a locker and then decided to go check out a small town via train called Grindelwald, the girl at the train station said
it was really nice there with some shops and restaurants. So we hop on the train and little do we know once we arrive...the town is pretty much closed! I think there was maybe 3 shops open and no restaurants what so ever!! Apparently November is a bad month to go anywhere in Switzerland, its the time ...

... next day we went for a long beautiful, relaxin walk through Interlaken and along the river, we then to the local bus to the lake. We spent the afternoon at the lake, walkin, sittin, relaxin, it was the most peaceful place and time durin my whole trip... I love the mountains and the lake, I miss the safety I feel in nature. I didn't even have that feelin in Africa (probably because an elephant, snake, lion, etc.. could attack, hurt or eat me ...

... on some prior ski trips to similar altitutdes. Perhaps it's due to the gradual acclimation via the trains, etc. However, back to the view... it was spectacular. If you enjoy mountains, it doesn't likely get much better than this. Our day was a fairly clear one as well.

When we arrived at Interlaken we then had to take an extended series of trains, lifts, buses, etc. to get to our eventual destination which was Schilthorn ...

... 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!).



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 ...

... of money, some patients and wa-lah your there :) Well worth the excursion. Such a site to see all of the glacier and the snow up there, very impressive. I could not of guessed what it would have been like, cause I would have been way off. The top of the Jungfrau, even though it is a huge tourist attraction, is well worth the admission, but take my advise, do so in July, August, or September, much more to do. hike up there with tours, ski ...

... so much we decided we wanted to stay the night even though we hadn't brought anything up with us, and neither of us was going to walk three hours back down the mountain and four hours back up again to get our things. Still we decided that Gimmelwald was fantastic, our favourite place so far in fact. So we enquired at a few places but unfortunately they were all booked out that night. From Gimmelwald we walked further upwards on a much less steep walking trail to Murren a town ...

... through the ice palace with very few following us, and when we got to the top viewing platform all the other visitors had headed to the Ice Palace Great! And what views!!!!!! We could see Germany, France, Italy and of course Switzerland! Fabulous, you could even go trekking and skiing on the Ice Glacier - we had a packed lunch. (JENN - in our defence we have noted that every healthy out doorsey person we have seen hiking, cycling or walking in this beautiful area look cranky ...

The Thernmal Baths of Leukerbad are very relaxing! There are 3 locations, 2 are public and 1 is private with an hotel. There are many people! Evening is good moment because pools are enlightened and view is fantastic. The temperature is very cold out of pools, but do bath under the snow is stunning!

... to be the maneuver used to bring a skier to a stop. In my case, at least initially, this move was used to taste snow. I think I actually did pretty well, or at least Vreni was not totally exasperated at the end of two hours of teaching me how to not stop. I have to admit, it was great fun, and made me sincerely wish I knew how to ski. I totally blame my parents for this lack of knowledge as the only real vacation we ever went on was to St. Louis. I guess I am making up for ...