Sunday 30 June 2013

Snow angels

While in Grindelwald we hoped to take the well advertised train ride to the top of Europe but after discovering that it would cost more than R3500 for the 2 hour trip and that the mist and cloud would cause low visibility we decided to continue to Lauterbrunnen instead.
 It was cold and raining, even with 4 layers of clothing, including thermal vests and long johns we still felt the biting wind. The views around us were breathtaking, but we were unable to see the peaks of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau which was disappointing.


From Lauterbrunnen we made our way to Murren passing the Staubbach falls and were lucky to get some sunshine and some fantastic views of the Jungfrau. The village is car free and has some beautiful wooden houses. Handmade lace was for sale in one of the village stores and Beverley was tempted to buy. It is always a mission to go into any shop with the backpacks as trying to manouver between the displays is a disaster in the making. This is a good deterant to entering shops, especially ones with glass displays.








We decided to ascend to the summit of the Schilthorn using the aerial cableway, this proved to be an excellent decision. Once  we reached the top of the Schilthorn which is 3000m above sea level, we encountered snow, lots and lots of snow. Until now all the snow in the valleys had turned to ice and not easy to walk on. Here we found fresh soft snow, a  first for Lisa. We had a ball, making snow angels, throwing snow balls at each other, really acting like kids,  it was so much fun that some bystanders joined in.






We then ate lunch in the revolving restuarant, the location of the 007 movie "In her majesty's secret service".



Even though the view was limited, we had major fun. We moved on again to Lauterbrunnen where we spent the night as we did decided not to go onto Griesalp as some of the route  was to be covered  by rope and ladders.

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