Saturday, we woke up and made the 8 hour drive to the Swiss Alps. Switzerland was more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. There were waterfalls everywhere and even Chloe was pointing them out by the time we went home.
We stayed in a small town named Lauterbrunnen and our hotel that had a great view of Staubbach Falls. In the field underneath the falls were a herd of sheep with bells arounds their necks. Being there made you ask yourself - "where the hell am I?".
The following day, we walked to the train station to make the 2 1/2 hour ride up Jungfrau mountain. The train brings you to the highest train station in Europe at 11,333 feet. When we left Lauterbrunnen it was 73 degrees and it was 37 degrees when we got off the train. The mountain top was snowy and desolate except for about a thousand tourists. I really enjoyed watching Craig tell off a little old Indian woman in a traditional sari as they walked through a revolving door together. A portion of the tourist area was carved into a glacier that we walked through. It was very cool.
The next day, we took a cable car from the valley to the very small town of Gimmelwald where we bought landjager and chees
e. Unfortunatley, this was where Chloe had a close encounter with a cat that left her looking like someone punched her in the eye for the rest of the day. From Gimmelwald, we took another cable car to Murren at about 5413 feet. We had some lunch before taking another cable car to the top of Schilthorn mountain at 9744 feet. It was a little scary but totally worth it. This is where the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service was filmed. There was hardly anyone there - they were all at Jungfrau.
e. Unfortunatley, this was where Chloe had a close encounter with a cat that left her looking like someone punched her in the eye for the rest of the day. From Gimmelwald, we took another cable car to Murren at about 5413 feet. We had some lunch before taking another cable car to the top of Schilthorn mountain at 9744 feet. It was a little scary but totally worth it. This is where the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service was filmed. There was hardly anyone there - they were all at Jungfrau.
When we got down from Schilthorn, we went to see Trummelbach Falls. The Falls drains 3 of the surrounding mountians, including Jungfrau. The water drains at a rate of over 5,200 gallons per second. It is really loud and intense and Colin was scaried.
We really loved Switzerland and look forward to going back. The long drive home was surprisingly uneventful considering our DVD player was broken. We covered about 2000 miles!
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