Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof Grindelwald

... br>Deze hebben we eerder tervergeefs getracht te beklimmen in 2004 én 2007. <br>Helaas ook deze keer zijn we op de helft gestrand... <br>We hadden reeds 4uur omhoog geklommen van 1620 naar 2050 meter hoogte! Volgens de bordjes zouden we hier echter 2uur over moeten doen; Door de sneeuw was dit voor ons niet mogelijk.<br>Eerst was de sneeuw nog leuk maar na dat hij tot de schenen en vervolgens tot de knieen was het bijna niet meer te doen ...

... 3 families: von Allmen, Brunner and Feuz. With 130 townsfolk sharing hte 3 surnames. To keep prescriptions and medical records straight, the doctor in nearby Lauterbrunnen goes by birth date first, then the patient's name."<br><br>It is definitely one of those places where if you were able to located some brocade curtains and stich yourself a pinafore, you could twirl around, channel Maria von Trapp, and belt our a rousing rendition of ...

... International Bureau of Education, but just ending up using their reception phone to call people, and then was given a new e-mail address to send my request to. (Friday night I started my ISP work log and realized I have sent out 31 different e-mails trying to get interviews). After interview begging I went to the UN library to prepare for my interview the next day, and afterwards my friend Molly and I went to a piano recital at the UN put on ...

... heard about, and when we found it, we were given free Toberlone (always a good sign) and a friendly Australian lady helped us out. We loveeee this place. Next on our schedule, we go hiking up in the Alps! We stocked up on some food and we're about to take off for an afternoon of beautiful sights! There are oh-so-many more small happenings and stories for me to tell, but for now, the Alps are calling me. Love from Switzerland!<br><br>

We were then supposed to take an overnight train to Bern Switzerland but I managed to **** that up royally and booked the train to Berne Germany, which is in the opposite direction... Jon was not impressed... and I only realized this 1 hr before our 10 pm train. So after hours of trying to rent a car (impossible during Oktoberfest) we got really lucky and found a car that needed to be returned to Switzerland anyways. So after a full day of ...

... day, so we could ride up to a place called Klein Scheidegg (about 10km in each direction - ALL UP, THEN ALL DOWN!) Ian said it would be tough work for me, but thought I could do it. Anyway ... the ONLY place that hired bikes in the entire town (& therefore had a monopoly on it!) wanted about Oz$47 for the day! I told Ian that was way too much, so we decided to hike it instead. It took nearly 3½ hours up (through cows and past little waterfalls, etc) and it ...

... around (college kids) and restaurants/bars were open. It was almost 10pm and I felt completely safe dragging my stuff to the residence hall. They needed to tell people that the residence hall is uphill (no small feat with a 50lb suitcase). I arrived and checked in. Two guys helped me move my suitcase : ) upstairs to my room. I opened my room door, and I thought I was going to hit the back wall with the door. Its roughly the size of the bathroom in my ...

... above us and landing down below. We ate a traditional Swiss German meal - Schweinbratwurst and Rosti - pork sausage and Rosti, which is this deliciously greasy fried potato dish. I had a glass of Swiss white wine and it pretty much tasted like water! After lunch we bought our very expensive tickets for the ride up the Jungfraujoch (about $175 USD for two, even with our hefty discount from our Swiss Passes) and hopped on the train. Let's just say it was worth ...

... had a picnic near the top, then started back down. Poor, unfortunate Jason's scooter broke down, and he had to coast down the whole mountain with just gravity, his fear of being caught by the cops, and his fear of losing his 140 Swiss Franc deposit for hang-gliding later that day to power his decent. Poor guy. I had to drive him out to a payphone to call the rental place to come pick him up. Good fun. Terri and I also did ...

30th. We had another early start to make our way to Switzerland. On the way there, aiming for Interlaken, we were told important historical facts about the country like how the idea of the Toblerone chocolate bar came from. The creator took the idea of the shape of the triangle shaped chocolate segments from the Swiss mountains. He also used nougat in it since he went to France at one point and fell in love with the taste of it. We made it there with enough time to ...