Sunday, October 03, 2004
interlaken - last from switzerland
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:48:24 -0700 (PDT)
ok I have to be reallz fast here cause the internet is reallz expensive. oh
and z and y are reversed on this keyboard so if I mess up, sorrz. So I think
I left zou last when we were in Zurich. Well from there we moved on to
lucerne, where it was still raining and not very impressive. we climbed the
old town wall and wandered around in the rain, and had fondue. Then we moved
on to Gimmelwald, which is near interlaken if you look at a map. It is a
tinz little town high in the alps, and it is gorgeous!!! there were these
huge mountains all around and they were snow capped. it stopped raining
right about when we got there. the hostel we stazed in was great, clean and
everyone was so friendly. The first day we did some grocery shopping in the
next town over, a 30 min hike uphill, cause there is no grocery in
Gimmelwald. The next day we got up reallz earlz to do the early bird trip to
the top of the shilthorn moutain. it is cheaper if zou go earlz and zou can
get a combo of breakfast too
in the revolving restaurant. It was awesome!!! when we first got there it
was a little cloudz and snowing, but it cleared as we sat there for like an
hour and a half going around we did like one and a half rotations. Then we
went back down to murren - the town just up the hill that we had shopped at
the other daz. then we went for a hike. it was soooo great! a little
difficult during the uphill parts but we saw cow pastures and crisp clean
moutain streams - this color blue that zou wouldnt believe! and waterfalls
and of course moutains, and all these cute little wooden houses. I swear
this is where Heidi lived. The cows and sheep and goats were all wearing
bells and the sound was great! We hiked for about three hours. then we
stopped at the grocery again for some treats and then went down to hang out
at the hostel. It had a great view out of every window but the people were
so great we just talked to them, getting tips on other places we havent been
yet and sharing our stories. The
next day we went for a reallz long challenging hike. It was all the waz
down to the river then back up and over a mountain. the trail just kept
going up. but when we got to the top, the view was gorgeous and dizzying.
then the trail down the other side was a little frightening, it was reallz
thin and perched on the side of this step cliff with no railings!!! but we
made it down to the bottom, sort of, and back into the wooded area, where it
kept going down very steep but not as scary. we saw tons of waterfalls and
all that gorgeous blue color. the water just LOOKED like it had just melted
off a glacier. Then we came to this little hotel that was closed but there
was this small herd of goats there and thez started following us. and then
they stopped and we kept walking, then thez charged! it was reallz scary but
they were just catching up. then finallz thez stopped following us. Then we
had to go all the waz down to teh river and back up again to Gimmelwald
where we treated ourselves
to fondue since we worked so hard. The next morning we headed out to
interlake where we are now cause I had to go paragliding! it was AMAZING!! I
just ran down this slope with the instructor attached to my back, until the
kite lifted us up, then we were sailing like 2000 ft over the town of
interlaken, between a bunch of moutiains and two lakes!! it was fantastic, I
am still grinning! Dont worrz we got pics and even a video of take off.
By the way Arizona people, what is the temperature there? I was in a snow
storm two days ago!!
Finally I just want to say that everone should come here, it is amazing! the
rest of switzerand that we saw was alright, kind of bland, but this is just
great! and zou dont have to jump off of anz moutains for it to be great.
Meg
ok I have to be reallz fast here cause the internet is reallz expensive. oh
and z and y are reversed on this keyboard so if I mess up, sorrz. So I think
I left zou last when we were in Zurich. Well from there we moved on to
lucerne, where it was still raining and not very impressive. we climbed the
old town wall and wandered around in the rain, and had fondue. Then we moved
on to Gimmelwald, which is near interlaken if you look at a map. It is a
tinz little town high in the alps, and it is gorgeous!!! there were these
huge mountains all around and they were snow capped. it stopped raining
right about when we got there. the hostel we stazed in was great, clean and
everyone was so friendly. The first day we did some grocery shopping in the
next town over, a 30 min hike uphill, cause there is no grocery in
Gimmelwald. The next day we got up reallz earlz to do the early bird trip to
the top of the shilthorn moutain. it is cheaper if zou go earlz and zou can
get a combo of breakfast too
in the revolving restaurant. It was awesome!!! when we first got there it
was a little cloudz and snowing, but it cleared as we sat there for like an
hour and a half going around we did like one and a half rotations. Then we
went back down to murren - the town just up the hill that we had shopped at
the other daz. then we went for a hike. it was soooo great! a little
difficult during the uphill parts but we saw cow pastures and crisp clean
moutain streams - this color blue that zou wouldnt believe! and waterfalls
and of course moutains, and all these cute little wooden houses. I swear
this is where Heidi lived. The cows and sheep and goats were all wearing
bells and the sound was great! We hiked for about three hours. then we
stopped at the grocery again for some treats and then went down to hang out
at the hostel. It had a great view out of every window but the people were
so great we just talked to them, getting tips on other places we havent been
yet and sharing our stories. The
next day we went for a reallz long challenging hike. It was all the waz
down to the river then back up and over a mountain. the trail just kept
going up. but when we got to the top, the view was gorgeous and dizzying.
then the trail down the other side was a little frightening, it was reallz
thin and perched on the side of this step cliff with no railings!!! but we
made it down to the bottom, sort of, and back into the wooded area, where it
kept going down very steep but not as scary. we saw tons of waterfalls and
all that gorgeous blue color. the water just LOOKED like it had just melted
off a glacier. Then we came to this little hotel that was closed but there
was this small herd of goats there and thez started following us. and then
they stopped and we kept walking, then thez charged! it was reallz scary but
they were just catching up. then finallz thez stopped following us. Then we
had to go all the waz down to teh river and back up again to Gimmelwald
where we treated ourselves
to fondue since we worked so hard. The next morning we headed out to
interlake where we are now cause I had to go paragliding! it was AMAZING!! I
just ran down this slope with the instructor attached to my back, until the
kite lifted us up, then we were sailing like 2000 ft over the town of
interlaken, between a bunch of moutiains and two lakes!! it was fantastic, I
am still grinning! Dont worrz we got pics and even a video of take off.
By the way Arizona people, what is the temperature there? I was in a snow
storm two days ago!!
Finally I just want to say that everone should come here, it is amazing! the
rest of switzerand that we saw was alright, kind of bland, but this is just
great! and zou dont have to jump off of anz moutains for it to be great.
Meg
