What can I say about this area? I have been
to the Jungfrou region of Switzerland once before, but this trip bypasses
anything I have ever seen before. The Swiss Alps really are one of the most
beautiful places on Earth.
We stayed in a little hotel in Interlaken,
with views out over the valley and with Jungfrou in the distance. Beautiful. We
decided to spend our first afternoon going a small mountain close to the hotel,
called the Harder Kulm (1322m). A cable car took us to the top where there was
a small restaurant and lot of walking trails. We went for a hike up the
mountain and took some great photos!
The weather had been looking pretty grim for the
past week and the forecast for Saturday 14th wasn’t looking any
better. We woke up to find the same old cloudy sky, which is bad news if you
want to go up to the top of the big mountains for the view. We decided to risk
it anyway and we bought tickets to Murren, a little town half way up the
mountain where we could decide if we wanted to go any further. God was on our
side, and when we got to Murren the sky had cleared so we continued up to the
Schilthorn by cable car. The view was breathtaking. I can’t use words to
describe the magnificence of it all. We could see into 10 countries, as well as
the biggest mountain in Europe, Jungfrou. It was pretty cold on the summit, so
we headed inside to the revolving restaurant for a nice cup of Swiss hot
chocolate. For you James Bond fans, the film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
(1968) was partly filmed in this restaurant and this mountain. This was pretty
cool for Dad, being a hard core 007 fan. Of course, we bought the souvenirs J
Heading back down the mountain, it was hard
to believe that the mornings weather had been so bad! It was hot down in
Lauterbrunnen (the base camp for most of the big mountains) where we had some
lunch and did a bit of sightseeing and more obligatory photo stops. It was with
regret that we hopped back on the train to Interlaken, we all agreed we could
have stayed there all day!
On the road again, this time on our way to
goodness knows where – literally. We drove through the mountains, up to 2300m
the back down again! We even found glaciers on the side of the road, so we had
to stop and play with them, it was exciting for Mum who hasn’t seen snow since
she was very young. The views were once again, breathtaking, and we found we
were stopping the car to pull over and take pictures more than we were actually
driving! Waterfalls, glaciers and tiny little towns were everywhere, with
clouds actually beneath us, making their way up the mountain to try beat the
summit.
Maybe it’s best not to mention where we are
staying tonight…where I am currently typing this from, but I have to share it.
The ‘town’ is called Hinterheinn, located right off the A13 but looking like it
was built sometime 100 years ago, without renovations. The place is a ghost
town, and we found ourselves looking into empty windows of houses trying to
work out where we were supposed to be sleeping! The one we went inside (a nice
looking place) wasn’t infact our accommodation. There was no one in there
though, and the place was open! Weird… Eventually a lady came out to meet us
and show us our accommodation, a nice, clean little apartment with a fridge and
breadbox full of food for us. In the end, not too bad, but that’s the last time
Dad books accommodation!
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