Interlaken Day Two

Today we were afraid we would not be able to walk, but we woke up feeling great! Much better than the Aussies next door, who were hooping it up till the wee hours. First thing first we hit breakfast downstairs and came up with a plan: we would locate the hostel D stayed in years ago (Balmer's) and then train up to Zweilutschinen for a hike to Grindelwald.

After a little wandering through town we finally came across Balmer's and heard stories of adventures in Interlaken from years earlier. We decided to keep walking onto Wilderswil and pick up the train to Zweilutschinen. The day before we were supposed to hike through Wilderswil, but somehow we missed it... :) It was nice to see the town we spent hours talking about the day before. The hike from Zweilutschinen to Grindelwald was intense. The steep inclines, plus the soreness from the prior day setting in, was laughable. We came across a few goats and a pig (thinking fondly of Buffalo).

Once we finally arrived in Grindelwald the sites were outstanding. The glacier was amazing and we could see sister peaks of the Jungfrau. Shameless plug: you can check this out on Google Earth, it is outstanding.

The trip home was its own adventure. D and I running through Interlaken to catch the train was belly aching funny. Both of us sore from the two days of hiking and with backpacks on our backs we looked like umpaloompas waddeling through mudd. After we dodging every tourist in Interlaken to make the train. We settled into the two hour train ride with our post hike staples swiss baked bread, Gruyere cheese and two bottles of severely shaken beers (they were in the backpacks). Our lovely home was coming soon...