Saturday, June 28, 2014

First day


We arrived in Zurich and rented a car and headed down to Lauterbrunnen.  We drove by this lake in Luzern and couldn't believe the color-- a gorgeous aqua.


As we drove down the road towards Lauterbrunnen, we saw this waterfall that was spectacular.  We couldn't believe how many waterfalls there were along the way.  Then we drove under this!


Who does this?!!  We arrived in Lauterbrunnen and ate lunch in a cute cafe and walked around for a bit.  There was a cool church and another waterfall, this one spurting water further out.



Lauterbrunnen is a smaller village on the valley floor of the Berner Oberland region of Switzerland.  It's such a beautiful area!  We were headed to Murren via Gimmelwald and had to drive to Stechelberg to get on the cable car.  Dad was terrified!!!  No joke!!  Maybe worse than Splash Mountain.  (He said yes it was worse)!!  Looking up at the cable car coming down was pretty crazy. We got on the cable car and made it safely to Gimmelwald where we had to get off and get on another to go up further to Murren where we were staying for two nights.  Dad was better on this one and actually opened his eyes to look at the mountain side.  Here is our view:

After getting off, we hiked up the walk to our hotel, checked in, and dropped our bags and went out on the balcony to see this.


We couldn't believe how gorgeous it was and it was cloudy!  More tomorrow!

4 comments:

  1. WOW! what a gorgeous place!! i'm glad dad survived the scary cable car! can't wait to read more about your adventures!

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  2. It really is as beautiful as its reputation. So excited to see more!

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  3. So many waterfalls! I hope you are happy and have a great time! Liam

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  4. I like the cable cars! Dylan
    I like the waterfalls! Tessa
    (They all think its funny that grandpa was scared!)

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