A day in the mountains
Tina McInerney
Our first day in the mountains was marvellous. The weather was so pleasant. Sun shining, shining. We went for a walk from Lauterbrunnen to Schekelberg to catch the gondola up to a mountain top village , had some lunch and a look around then caught another gondola to another village which was very old and more authentic than most. We then gondolad back to where we came from and caught a bus back to Lauterbrunnen.
Some pictures but I don’t think my photos do it justice - the magnificence of the mountains, the colours, the green - everything is a shade of green.
This house was built in 1628?
The grey rocks are a bit scary.
The Swiss provide toilets everywhere. I have never seen so many signs for public toilets in any city. The city government pays local bars to let the public use their WCs - there is a particular sign in the window to show this. Interesting an and I read this my Rick Steve’s travel book so must be true.
Lots of wooden troughs in the villages.
And I think this is the highest mountain in the region - the Jungfrau - 11333 ft - pretty big.
