Return to Bernese Oberland, Part 1
Schrummy’s trip conveniently coincided with a Swiss holiday and I took an extra day off to join him on a little Swiss travel (Maggie had to head back to Paris midweek). We met up in Interlaken (where I’d recently gone with Adam and Julie) and fortunately had better luck with weather this time around.
We spent Thursday hiking around various alpine villages, starting in Lauterbrunnen and trekking straight up to a little mountain town called Gimmelwald (highly recommended by Rick Steves). The sign told us it would be almost a two-hour hike but we managed in half the time. I guess those signs are for a slightly different demographic of traveler.
From there, we wandered around the little town (which is about as traditionally/stereotypically Swiss as you can get) and over to a slightly bigger ski destination called Mürren where we had some great Rösti (the glorified hashbrown dish I’m sure I’ve mentioned at least once before. After making our way around there, we decided to try and get back down to Lauterbrunnen and found a snow-covered path that was still “closed for winter.” We figured it couldn’t be too bad and lucky for us, a prior visitor had left a pretty good boot path, so we only ended up knee-deep in snow a couple times.
We ultimately made it back to the city and finished our day with an outdoor drink at one of the hotels before returning to Interlaken and our hostel.
Misc:
Interlaken
Interlaken’s flower clock and my best tourist face
Valley between Lauterbrunnen and Stechelberg
Gnomes were everywhere. My theory is that the big one here recently killed the two at bottom right. He appears to be quite excited about it, too.
The Hike Up:
Me, by Andrew
Gimmelwald:
the firehouse; everything in town is made of wood, so during the dry season there’s 24-hour fire watch
example of lots of wood storage
Mürren:
Alps near the Jüngfrau
Andrew makes the rösti look almost as good as in real-life
The Hike Down:
Andrew, by me
Me, by Andrew
Waterfalls a-go-go
More to come.
We spent Thursday hiking around various alpine villages, starting in Lauterbrunnen and trekking straight up to a little mountain town called Gimmelwald (highly recommended by Rick Steves). The sign told us it would be almost a two-hour hike but we managed in half the time. I guess those signs are for a slightly different demographic of traveler.
From there, we wandered around the little town (which is about as traditionally/stereotypically Swiss as you can get) and over to a slightly bigger ski destination called Mürren where we had some great Rösti (the glorified hashbrown dish I’m sure I’ve mentioned at least once before. After making our way around there, we decided to try and get back down to Lauterbrunnen and found a snow-covered path that was still “closed for winter.” We figured it couldn’t be too bad and lucky for us, a prior visitor had left a pretty good boot path, so we only ended up knee-deep in snow a couple times.
We ultimately made it back to the city and finished our day with an outdoor drink at one of the hotels before returning to Interlaken and our hostel.
Misc:
Interlaken
Interlaken’s flower clock and my best tourist face
Valley between Lauterbrunnen and Stechelberg
Gnomes were everywhere. My theory is that the big one here recently killed the two at bottom right. He appears to be quite excited about it, too.
The Hike Up:
Me, by Andrew
Gimmelwald:
the firehouse; everything in town is made of wood, so during the dry season there’s 24-hour fire watch
example of lots of wood storage
Mürren:
Alps near the Jüngfrau
Andrew makes the rösti look almost as good as in real-life
The Hike Down:
Andrew, by me
Me, by Andrew
Waterfalls a-go-go
More to come.
Labels: friends, Gimmelwald, Interlaken, Lauterbrunnen
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