Day 10 Grindelwald-Jungfrau

This is in Grindelwald, the view from the balcony. There
were clouds on the mountains, so we didn't know what type
of view we'd have up above.


Another view

The train that took us up the BIG MOUNTAIN

This is where we went and saw the Eiger, MÜNCH, etc.

Never could figure out which one each was

A view of the Alps

I thought this was the Eiger, but it could have

been MÜNCH

Eiger, or MÜNCH

again

They had an ice "palace"

Mel walking through the ice "palace"

see the carved penguins?

can you tell how steep the slope is that the train is going

down?

Grindelwald. Totally picturesque

We ran into some Missionaries on their P-day. It was

a highlight.

Trying to capture the turquoise water color.

again

When we transferred from one train to another train, it

was a real close call, so there was someone to show us which

platform, and help us move our luggage. He also had candy

for the "ladies". Julie ate a bit of half of them, and gave the

rest to Mel.

Mel goofing off. Chocolate mouth!

Julie and I got goofy also. When you have that

much time on the trains, you have to find
something to pass the time.

another goofy pose.

Our hotel room in Lucerne

We had a little bit of time that evening to take

a look at Lucerne. This is Chapel bridge to the

left, and the Water Tower that was built in the 1400's.

Julie and I standing on that bridge, with a pretty view of

Lucerne in the background.

My hubby and I on the bridge

an unobstructed view.

looking outward, the other direction.

Man, did we try and fit a whole bunch in one day. Whew.

We got up fairly early to go up to Jungfrau. The clouds were

at the middle of the mountain, and upwards, so we didn't know

if we would get above the clouds or not. AND, luckily we did.

On the way up, there were lots of skiiers getting on the train,

and also lots of Japanese tourists. The ride up the mountain

was amazing. Through the last portion of the ride, it is through

the mountain. And it is so high up, that you can feel the thinness

of the air. I almost felt like I couldn't breathe. Eeeek. A little

scary to me. We stopped in part of the mountain tunnel, and

Mel got out and took a picture of a glacier. Then when we got

to the top, we were so happy to see that the clouds were all

down below, and we could get a clear shot of the mountain. I

really don't know if it was the Eiger, or mt MÜNCH. oh well

But once again, the weather was good, and not windy at all.

The only bummer was that because of the clouds down below,

we couldn't see all around, because Jungfraujoch means

Top of Europe, and you can see a gorgeous view on a clear

day. But we did get to see a gorgeous view up above. After

we came down from the mountain, we happened to run into

2 missionaries, and then 4 more missionaries. It was truly

a highlight. We chatted for a while, and then found out they

would be on the same train as us, so we got to chat for

a while longer. We shared a couple cookies with them, and

they shared their strawberries with us. We then took a

picture with Mel's cell phone, and e-mailed several of their

parents. We got responses back from them shortly after

we separated. They also gave us detailed directions to go

see the temple in Bern. So, that got put on our agenda on

our last day in Switzerland.

When we got to Lucerne, we went and looked close to out

hotel and walked across the bridge in the picture. I think

I read that it was built sometime in the 1400's. amazing.

we were pretty tired, so didn't walk much further that

evening. We went to dinner at Burger King, and it cost

us 12.90 for a whopper meal. CRAZY!!! I had a real hard

time with the prices over there.

Our time was coming to a close, and we had seen a lot. We

had a little more sightseeing to do the next day, then off

towards Geneva the next day.