Thursday, July 30, 2009

Interlaken

THE ARRIVAL


Monday morning train ride past the turquoise "laken" of Interlaken.


Majestic hotels and chalets in the Interlaken valley.

THE ASCENT


Views from the cogwheel train, which transported us from the
Interlaken valley up to Wengernalp, closer to the snow-caps.





Ascending 800 vertical meters over 3 hours by foot to get from
Wengernalp to Kleine Scheidegg, every step bringing us closer to
Interlaken's mountain triumvirate: Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau.


"My male sense of direction tells me the mountains are that way."


Jungfrau behind alpine flowers.


The so-called "Top of Europe" restaurant.


Clouds billowing off of the jagged slopes of Eiger.


The cattle say that grazing in the mountains gives
them time for "personal reflection."


Panorama of the Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau triumvirate.

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