**Disclaimer for this whole post: PICTURES DO NOT DO IT JUSTICE!**
I was so excited to wake up this morning. The first thing I heard was Russ saying "wow" as he looked out our window. I quickly made my way over to see this:
My jaw literally dropped. I was so excited!
It was just after 7:30 and Russ and I went outside to walk around and just see the views before the others got up.
Loved it! It was so fun doing that early in the morning. Everywhere you turn is a cute building and amazing view!
The town is so tiny. This is our place, Pension Gimmelwald. On the left side of the building connected to Pension Gimmelwald is "The Honesty Shop". It's a small shop of souvenirs & snacks. No one works there. Each item has a price and there is a box for you to put your money in. Hence the name, Honesty Shop! So cool. Russ and I bought some fruit there for breakfast.
Russ and I knew that we for sure wanted to do this crazy hike Robbie and Angie did here last year, Klettersteig. You are on the face of the cliff with ladders, single wire bridges and amazing views. You have to rent a harness, helmet and clips to do this hike. I have been dying to do this hike for over a year now!
Tom and Chelsie decided to do it with us, so the four of us left our bags at the hotel and headed out.
*sidenote - see that tiny blue backpack? That is Chelsies bag for the whole trip! Everything she needs! Amazing packing skills.*
For the hike you take the tram over to the next city, Murren. Then you hike back to Gimmelwald.
We had a million scouts on board with us.
The views were awesome! If you look closely on the bottom left you'll see a gray line coming off the cliff...that's the skinny bridge we would be crossing! Eeee! We were getting so excited!
Once in Murren we set out to find the shop where you rent the stuff. We got there eventually and the lady told us we had to rent her special shoes as well. We knew that you don't have to have those shoes and that ours would be fine so we went to find another shop.
Well the one other shop in town (which doesn't care about your shoes) is closed on Thursdays! WHAT?! You've got to be kidding me. Terrible luck. So we went back to the first shop hoping to convince te lady to just rent us the stuff. She wouldn't budge about the shoes.
So the shoes would cost us double, plus we would have to go back and forth from Murren to Gimmelvald an extra one or two times, or carry our shoes on the hike.
Terrible luck. To my dismay and sadness we decided not to do it. I literally needed a good 15 minutes to get over it. I was so bummed! A whole year of looking forward to it and then it didn't work out! So lame. I guess now I have a good reason to come back to Switzerland!
On the plus side Murren was a cool little town and the view was always amazing!
I love seeing the para gliders everywhere!
So instead of doing the most epic hike of my life, we took a different trail through the woods back to Gimmelwald. I must admit, it was still amazing!
Cutest.
Just being up there was so cool!
The hills are alive here I tell you what!
We had a really good time just hiking around, and taking in the breathtaking view in all directions. Haha we also did some yodeling (how can you not?) and literally chased butterflies . . . Somehow it just felt right.
I love how this picture of Russ and Tom gives you a better feel of how MASSIVE these mountains are!
Eventually we made it back to Gimmelwald, grabbed our stuff and headed down the gondola. Goodbye Gimmelwald, I can not wait to come back!
This is the view as we came down the gondola from Gimmelwald, we were really a long ways up!
We next drove to Interlaken, about 30-40 minutes away.
Stopped for a minute to admire this waterfall. Just one piece of the constant view.
We ate in the little Coop Restaurant in Interlaken and this little bird was just hopping around! It wouldn't surprise me if Switzerland also had singing animals like a Disney movie, everything else is already so magical!
Interlaken is a city set in a narrow canyon and wedged between 2 of the most beautiful lakes you will ever see. The six of us went to walk around and see one of the lakes.
See that little house right on the lake? There were some awesome houses like that all along the lake. How amazing if that were your summer home eh?
Those sun rays say it all.
It's hard to see but there is a green parachute out on the lake of a guy kite surfing, he made that look fun! I couldn't believe how fast he was going.
Beautiful lake with my love.
I think he loves me ;)
We drove about an hour up another canyon to our B&B for the next 2 nights. It's in a little town called Adelboden.
We went further around one of the lakes, the mountains never stop!
We just kept going and going further into tiny towns, I probably took a million pictures. Usually I blog while we drive or take a train, but lately the surroundings are too awesome to be staring to a screen. I've got to soak in everything around me, so amazing!
We got to our place and it's got a full kitchen and living room, 1.5 bathrooms and 3 bedrooms. We got some groceries for the next couple days since we now have a kitchen. Also because restaurants are really pricey in Switzerland and we're in the middle of nowhere without many stores.
It was really fun to just have our own space, we finally played some Scum and other games.
Tomorrow Russ and I are heading back into Interlaken.
See what's in the sky in their welcome sign?
That'll be us tomorrow morning! Paragliding in the Alps here we come. (I might be just a little bit excited)
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