Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

You know how at Christmas time it’s common to see train sets with cute little trains puffing through mountains in neat little villages... We feel like we are in that scene up in Lauterbrunnen. Seated at the bottom of the valley between soaring mountains with waterfalls cascading down from above us; we are loving our new destination. For three nights we’re in the most beautiful land where the mountains are snow capped and yet it is still about 75 degrees down where we are.. perfect. The waterfalls create rivers and these rivers run all over the place. The water hasn’t had anytime to get dirty since falling from the glacier above so people can fill up their water bottles right in the river. The rivers make Lauterbrunnen seem like the Caribbean waters have come to the mountains. Poland Springs... this is better.

On our first afternoon we walked through the valley to Trummelbach Falls, where ten cascades make up the waterfall; most of which is inside of a mountain. The 20,000 liters of water that it drops every minute comes from a glacier that sits on top of Mount Eiger “The North Face”, Mount Munch, and Mount Jungfrau (the tallest in the Swiss Alps).

We spent several days here and got to cable car our way to the Schilthorn. This is where James Bond shot the skiing scene from his movie Her Majesties Secret Service. We sat where he did and saw the most amazing views. We were eye level with the three large mountains I already mentioned and could see into other countries as well as down below into the gorgeous town of Interlaken. We definitely had some Swiss hot chocolate here since the temp. was significantly lower over ten thousand feet up. As for other Swiss favorites, we tried Rosti which is a potato dish and fondue.

On the way down the mountain from the top of the Schilthorn we stopped in a little town called Murren (which we want to return to during the winter as it looks like it’d be an amazing ski town) for lunch. We ate at this little restaurant in the middle of the village which had views right down the valley and looking up into the mountains. It was amazing. We’ll post a picture to show everyone - but it was by far the best view we’ve had while grabbing an afternoon meal.

As we left this fairy-tale land we cheered out our train window as marathon runners ran past us on their way from Interlaken headed towards Jungfrau. They waved back and then we waved goodbye to such a great place. Au Wiedersehen!