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Back to our favorite Swiss village
We used to ski and hike here back in the 80's when we were stationed at Ramstein Airbase in Germany. We are hoping to meet up with our former neighbors, Jackie and Charlie Berger and long time friends John and Cindy Gibson from Graham, Washington.
Day 17 - Paris to Lauterbrunnen. Switzerland
Today we awoke and were happy to be heading to Switzerland. We arrived at the station via the LONG route taken by our Taxi driver! Dodgy ****! He spoke enough English that when I told him I knew he had shafted us and taken us the long way he didn't deny it. I wish I spoke more French at this point. *******.
Upon entering the station we saw …
Day 18 - Lauterbrunnen and Schilthorn
We got up early and immediately turned on the TV to the Swiss channel which gives you the forecast for the top of Jungfrau and Schilthorn. We were very excited to see clear skies for all! We were going up the mountain :D (The day before it had been shut due to the wind and weather up there so we were VERY relieved to see this)
We headed …
Journey to Interlaken
... it had to wait for 5 or 10 minutes for another train to pass, saying to “please excuse them for the delay.” Being Swiss, the train was still only 1 minute late in the end. When Lisa and I arrived in Interlaken, we were disappointed to find out that the funicular we had been told to take up the mountain to the gondola was closed for the winter. Instead, we walked around the town of Interlaken, which was covered in snow ...
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
... and once again partied into the night! What I'm taking away from Lauterbrunnen.. Beautiful, quiet, Swiss Army knives, chocolate, fondu, snow, snow angels, snow ball fights, schnapps, chilli and cinnamon tequila, drinking games, porridge, camp like meals, drunken showers, like being in a post card, they speak 4 different languages there, Shereese, bonding, Laura eating snow off a tree Our song here: From Paris to ...