So we woke up in Interlaken, and then hopped on the train/bus/cable car to Gimmelwald and the Mountain Hostel. It's halfway up the mountain, and offered amazing hiking. On day 1, we hiked to a glacier, and i took a quick shower in a snow melt waterfall (ie jumped into it), then hit mark with a glacier (in ball form). We then looked at the map, and saw a path that would take us to another place we wanted to go. After 2 hours of nothing but uphill climb, we looked up and saw the top of the mountain we were staying on, which happened to be the one that they shot the terrible james bond movie with george lasenby... But anyway, we decided the map sucked, and our legs were killing us, so we went back down and back to the hostel. That night, we met up with the others (3 of us hiked, the other 2 did the entire hike to the peak, and left before we arrived) and did swiss fondue, which was made from cheese in town. we then crashed into bed.
On day 2, we decided to hike to the other place directly from the hostel, which was not too bad. We hiked to a great waterfall and took pictures, then it started to rain, so we decided to head back. About halfway, we saw a little hiker break hut with a roof, and stopped in, and a few others were in there. While we were waiting out the storm, a cloud started coming into the hut through the window. We started joking about the fog movie, and all of a sudden the fog stopped, so we can only assume it got scared cuz we were onto it. We then started hiking down the fnal hill, when another cloud charged at us (we were kinda high up). We then were taking pictures all over while we were in the cloud. We tehn made it back, but it started storming, so we just huddled up in the hostel until our clothes dried. After a few hours we took the cable car to the bus o the tain back to interlaken, to take a train into bern, which went off without any hitches. Now we are hanging out in the hostel there. So we'll see what we have the energy for tomorrow!
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wow a glacier waterfall? Sounds incredible. i hope there's a picture of it. How is the cheese? Any Jarlsberg cheese?
I can't believe you're doing so much hiking. I normally hate hiking, but I guess it would be ok if the goal was a waterfall or some other swimming hole. Tell Mark I said "hi" and I am glad you're having fun. Thanks for the interesting posts! :) I love you, LB!!
Perhaps all the hiking will get you in shape for a triathalon in September (?) Sounds like you are seeing some beautiful countrysides. I remember how beautiful Switzerland was when I was there. We also did lots of hiking. The scenery is well worth the effort. You must have been on "cloud 9"...ha, I know lousy joke. All is well at home. I rode Beau today. It was hot but not too bad on the trails. Kristen is in Germany now staying with a relative of Jill's. How are the hostels? Are you finding any food you like? Pizza must be kindof hard to find in Switzerland. I hope you are taking lots and lots of pictures. Snow melt shower, hmmmm. Hi to Mark and hugs to you. Have fun and I look forward to your next blog. Love, Mom
Thanks for the replies! We are having a great time! So much hiking/walking/being tired but it is all worth it! I can only get on when there is Internet cafe or in the hostel, or like now on a wifi hotspot on my iPod. Thanks again for the Love.
Stephen
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