Landhotel Interlaken
Seestrasse / Lehnweg 31 Interlaken, Bernese Oberland, Swiss Alps, 3800, Switzerland
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Day Seven – Over the Mountain Top
... to go on a hike, but were unsure of the weather. The attendant at the train station was very helpful. He suggested a route to let us see the weather and decide if we want to hike. Because of some flooding, we had to take a bus to another station. We caught a cog train to Wengen to get to the cable car we need to take.
We took a cable car to Manlichen at the top of the mountain. At the top, we decided the weather was not too ...
Totally unX-tream!!!
... the most beautiful hours available to the human senses. Impossibly blue water, delightful Swiss houses everywhere covered in bright flowers enjoying the sun, castles, castles!!, huge mountains punching straight up from the waters edge, the Swiss alps snow covered peaks glowing in the background, people swimming, a guy wind surfing without wind, everyone waving at the paddle steamer, always waving, the range of colours is silly, making ...
Interlaken
... the Alps. We have a very cute room at the Villa with our host Frau, the cutest 86 year old woman who greeted us at the door and gave us a full tour of everything. Tomorrow we plan on heading up the Jungfraujoch the highest point in Europe. We are hoping it warms up a little so we can still go canyoning and make the most of our time here!
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Top of Europe
... there - was about -2, but I was still freezing since I didn't exactly pack for the snow!
On the train ride down to Interlaken, we stopped off in Grindelwald and had lunch overlooking the snowy mountains, listening to the cow bells tinkling in the distance. It beats working!!
We caught a sleeper train to Barcelona (over 12 hours long). It was well worth the extra 70 Euros each we paid for the sleeper cabin on the ...
Thursday January 14- 17, 2010
... back to the room as the bed was calling me. A
good first day in my favorite Switzerland, tomorrow the
Lauberhornrennen, the World Cup downhill ski race, the reason for the
trip.
Saturday January 17
I awoke at 4:00 am, still on US time
and kept busy until breakfast at 8:00 am. A nice hot and cold layout
and then I headed to the train station at 9:00 to head up into the
mountains. With knowledge of previous trips to the race, ...



