We ate breakfast at the hotel, and then we headed to Lauterbrunnen to hike the waterfalls. We still love the views offered by the train. This is a beautiful place.
Once in Lauterbrunnen we headed out along the trail. We hiked up to one waterfall, and then we decided to walk on the path in the direction of he other waterfalls. We knew we could turn back at any time, so we just enjoyed the scenery.
The air is so clean here, and the world smelled incredible--for the most part--our entire hike. There was one field we passed where the man was spreading manure that smelled awful, but other than that it was wonderful in every way.
We saw a lot more gorgeous cows, and a couple of beautiful horses. . . We even saw a small, brown mouse on the trail at one point. The waterfalls were all breathtaking, as were the mountains on either side of us. I had a grin on my face the entire time.
Kenna and I also had several freak-out-due-to-excitement moments when we realize how soon we'll be home. We have church tomorrow (hopefully, it's looking tough to find), taking a train to Zermatt, staying the night there, staying in Geneva Monday, and then we're leaving Switzerland on Tuesday. I'll stay in London Tuesday night, and I'll be home Wednesday night! I am stoked. Kenna's just as excited as I am, so it's been fun. We both adore Switzerland, but home is the greatest place to be.
After seeing the most beautiful waterfall, Kenna and I decided we needed food, so we headed back towards Lauterbrunnen. We came across a porta potty on the trail and discovered that it was likely the cleanest porta potty on Earth. Everything is clean here, even porta potties.
We got back to town and looked at restaurants we could return to for dinner. Every meal is so expensive here, but we found an affordable menu that looked decent at the local pub. We continued on our way so we could get lunch items from the grocery store. We bought cherries, cheese, a loaf of bread, and some pastries, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We hopped back on the train to Wengen so we could pay for the hotel, rested in our room for ten minutes, and then headed out again for another hike.
This hike was probably my favorite one scenery-wise. It was incredibly steep, but it offered some amazing views. It was also a lot of fun. Because hiking is a lot of fun.
We headed back when we were tired, and hopped back on the train to Lauterbrunnen to eat at the pub. The food there wasn't my favorite, but it was filling, and it was warm. It was far from the worst things I've eaten, too, and it was cheap for the area so we couldn't have expected too much, really.
We were also the only females in the pub (aside from the women running the place and a woman who was with a guy, but they left shortly after we arrived) which was exciting. We got a lot of looks and almost-started conversations. One guy from Australia started talking to us (but he was definitely talking to Kenna) while he was waiting for his beer to come. He was nice, but I have never seen so much beer consolidated into one container in my life. And he only asked for one cup to drink all of it with. We didn't make eye contact when we left the pub.
Then we came back to the hotel, showered, and got ready for bed. We're exhausted from all the hiking, but it's the best kind of exhausted because it happened in nature and we're so happy for the time we spent there today. Switzerland is great.
I loved all the flower boxes. It added so much to the feeling of Switzerland.
Lauterbrunnen
Yodelers! We were hiking up to the first waterfall when we heard the most beautiful sound. We rounded a corner and found a group of yodelers performing across the way. Their song bounced off the walls of the canyon and followed us for quite a long time. Neither of us minded one bit.
The first waterfall. Every one we saw was so tall, we had to crane our necks to see the tops. And we couldn't always see the tops even then!
The view from the waterfall.
A nice Australian couple offered to take our picture.
These horses were gorgeous.
This was a cairn museum. Kenna added to one.
My camera was about to die so I switched over to my phone camera which isn't as good. Also, it looks fuzzy because it was a drizzly day.
It is so beautiful!
The first mountain river I'd been able to see for two months. I cannot tell you how therapeutic it was for me.
This was the most beautiful waterfall I have ever seen.
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