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We Would Live Here
Today we traveled from Lucerne to Lauterbrunnen, and spent our day here. If we could choose any place in the world to live, we agreed it would be here. Beautiful mountains surrounding us, a small, quiet "downtown" that closes at 7pm, and while it caters to tourism, it's all authentic (first town with no sightings of Starbucks or McDonald's). We …
Hello Switzerland!
I am glad I finally decided to get this blog thing started for this trip. I am very happy to discover there is now a travel pod app. It works quite nicely. The app, in addition to this awesome iPad keyboard that my parents gave me for my birthday is making this blogging experience the most pleasant by far in my entire 6 year blogging history :-) I …
Gimmelwald- The greatest place on earth!
We arrived in Interlaken (literally, "between the lakes") on May 19th--the original Alpine resort. All of the shops are filled with Swiss jewelery, chocolate, and Swiss Army knives. There are a considerable amount of backpackers, and an overwhelming amount of Indian travelers. Food is insanely expensive--we couldn't find a simple meal for under $20 …
Gimmelwald & The Berner Oberland Blows Our Mi
Well, it was a rough morning, to say the least. Aside from trying to sleep on a plane at the totally opposite time that we normally sleep, we discovered when we landed in Zurich that our travel agent messed some stuff up with our car. Initially irritated and frustrated about the complication (as well as feeling disadvantaged as neither of us had …
Journey to Interlaken
... to Grindelwald, a small ski resort village in between Eigerwand and Tschuggen peaks. We spent about 45 minutes exploring the village and getting some traditional Swiss sausage rolls and apple strudel for a late lunch. We caught glimpses of the mountains through the snow and clouds, but mainly enjoyed the quaint resort atmosphere of the village covered in snow. We caught the half hour train from Grindelwald to Interlaken with an ...
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