Day 4 Switzerland
Even though my dad is the only one reading this blog I thought I better not neglect it - I still have 4 days from my Swiss adventure to share! On our fourth day in Switzerland my daughter and I headed to the Berner Oberland region.This is a must see area when traveling in Switzerland. It is chock full of beautiful scenery, great hiking and adorable small mountain towns. We took the train to Interlaken and then on to Lauterbrunner. If we were there later in the year we would have spent time in Interlaken. The Swiss open air Folk Museum sounds delightful. Lauterbrunnen is a one street town and it is where we took the cable car up to Muren. We took a total of three different lifts that day. Several of the photos here are taken inside one of the cable cars we took to continue our ascent. If you look closely you can see a white knuckle in one of the photos. The lifts can be quite a thrill ride! Muren is an adorable town and seems dependent on ski season. The permant population is around 400. Our final destination however was an even smaller town named Gimmelwald. It was well worth the trip. Gimmelwald looks like a hobbit village. I think the population is around 100. It was perfectly charming. If we had more time we would have gone to Jungfraujoch. You take a train up to the highest train station in Europe 11,300 ft. It is supposed to be the coolest thing to do in Switzerland. We had planned to go back on our last day with our hostess Serena but it rained and/or snowed all day depending on where you were. We did a lot of walking on our fourth day. I really do not recommend visiting Switzerland in March. The trails are mostly still covered with slush or ice so hiking opportunities are limited. We did see people hauling ski stuff up the mountain on the lifts but I have to say the skiing did not look the least bit appealing. Everyone who knows has told me the best skiing in the world is in the American West. I think I will stick to that. All in all it was a great day. I will never forget visiting a hobbit village with Claire.
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