September 16, 2012

Lauterbrunnen and Gimmelwald (Final Swiss post!)

We started out the day taking the train the Lauterbrunnen, the little town with waterfalls in every direction. 


Sheep scattered the hillside - picture perfect :)


In addition to the waterfalls, the town is charming. Wooden homes speckled across the hillside and red flowers everywhere.









After walking around town for a bit we hiked up behind one of the biggest waterfalls. 




After lunch we headed up to the resort town of Murren, where the view was amazing. 








We then hiked an hour down to a little town called Gimmelwald. I head read a lot about this town and it intrigued me. The town only has about 400 residents and they are almost all related. The town is on a very, very steep hillside, that they somehow farm alfalfa on during the summer months. 








We stopped at a little family-run (of course, everyone was family here) restaurant for an apple torte, one of the best desserts we've ever had.


What a view - right against the mountains. I loved this little town.

...and ended the day having fun on an AWESOME slide before heading back home via cable car and train. This slide was the best - you went super fast and it shot you out at the end. 


4 comments:

yepsa said...

Your pictures are lovely: what month were you in Lauterbrunnen? And what waterfall were you able to walk behind? THANK YOU!

yepsa said...

Your pictures are lovely: what month were you in Lauterbrunnen? And what waterfall were you able to walk behind? THANK YOU!

yepsa said...

Your pictures are lovely: what month were you in Lauterbrunnen? And what waterfall were you able to walk behind? THANK YOU!

yepsa said...

Your pictures are lovely: what month were you in Lauterbrunnen? And what waterfall were you able to walk behind? THANK YOU!

 

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