Just two hours from Zurich by train, but a world away. Interlaken, known to many as a summer college backpacker's town - we found to be an entry into the alps. The city is even more beautiful than you can imagine and it is just the beginning.
We decided to hike from Interlaken up to Wengen (alt - 4182 ft.). Hiking is not new to either of us, but we don't understand any German. Of course all the sign postings are in German, but still we did not think this was an issue. Needless to say, we spent hours walking with no idea if we were headed in the right direction. We saw waterfalls, castles, cows with Christmas Trees tied to their heads, and the greenest fields you can image. The hike was amazing and we almost forgot we had no idea where we were going. Finally, we managed to find ourselves in Lauterbrunnen - an amazing little town just below Wengen. It was beginning to get dark so we hopped a train to Wengen to check things out.
You may have heard of Wengen before - there is a major International Downhill Slalom Championship annually. No cars are allowed in the city and it is breathe taking. The air is so clean; everything just looks clearer the blue sky, green hills, white snow and the bright colors from all the flower boxes. This is certainly on our list for a ski weekend.
We sat and had a well deserved beer to celebrate our hike before we catch a train back to Interlaken. Nearby we noticed the gondola stopped for a long time. Then we noticed children are being lowered from the gondola with ropes..... unfortunately our pictures did not turn out from this episode. This may have been a safety test but I am not ready to jump on that gondola anytime soon. We are in search of another ski weekend destination:)
We had lots of laughs and no falls. The day was amazing! Check out some of our photos.
2 comments:
Your pictures are so beautiful!! Sounds like a great start. I am so jealous of the weather--it is in the 90s here in Birmingham and today is supposed to be the first day of Fall! Keep the blog and photos coming I love to live vicariously through the two of you! Lots of love, Amanda
Why does my google mail have an ad for dungeonmastering.com to the right of your blog email? I can understand the switzerland hotel ads, but this one is really puzzling me. I would much rather be hiking in the Alps than pondering this, but please keep the updates coming! xo-Erwin
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