Firstly - just noticed an important mistake in last post. I wrote that Gornergrat (Matterhorn lookout) was 3100 ft high - er well, that should have been metres!!!! 3100 metres!! (around 10000 or so feet!).
Secondly - we are BOTH having trouble with our phones and neither of us can send or receive sms's at the moment! Feel free to communicate via this blog -or if it is a private message, then through my hotmail email address which is trudystoddard@hotmail.com
Thanks for your ongoing comments - I know I've said it before but we really do appreciate them!! Im trying to reply to all comments - i will eventually. Mum will too in next day or so hopefully!!
Ok back to the trip!!
Arrived in beautiful Lauterbrunnen via Interlaken at about 11.30am. None of our photos - and actually none of the postcards we saw - could possibly do Lauterbrunnen justice. I'm not even sure what words to use! Stunning. Spectacular. Peaceful. Beautiful. Swiss!!!!
(our hotel is on the left - our rooms were on the other side and looked out to the Staubbach Falls on the right and the mountains in the distance. We were on the top floor and had two large and long balconies which we sat out on and had lovely Swiss cheese and wine (until the sun went down and the bats came out!!!).
When we arrived, we were a bit early for our rooms so as we could see some blue sky we promptly dropped off our lugggage and jumped on the train to the Jungfraujoch - the highest railway station in Europe at almost 12,000 ft high. It took several trains (one through the Eiger!!) and several stops to allow for altitude adjustment - about 2 hours in total.
Wow how magnificent are these mountains! Cloud was shrouding the Eiger - and it was snowing on the way up - but even though visibility wasn't 100 percent, we did still get a great view of the Jungfraujoch glacier and surrounding mountains. We were quite affected by the altitude though! Such a weird feeling - a quick movement of the head caused whooooooaaah moments!!
Check out the icicles on this building!! It was -4.7 degrees.
Aufwiedersehen !!
xxxx
Hi Christine and Trudy
ReplyDeleteHave been following your travels and enjoyed immensely Trudi your very detailed descriptions of places you have visited. Looking forward to seeing all the pictures and video after having a taste of the pictures you have already posted. Hope the weather improves over the next few days when your in Paris but guess experiencing these weather conditions gives you an understanding of the locals living in these places all year and shows you the changing seasons. Amazingly despite the weather it sounds as though you have still managed to cram so much into your trip. What a memory you both will have shared together. Christine, have a truly special birthday on Sunday in Paris, we will be thinking of you. Take care Love Elizabeth and Brian