Oh! what a day! Up in the Swiss Alps, taking cable cars, trains, buses, we traversed a very picturesque region of rolling green hills, towering peaks, busy farms to get a glimpse of Swiss mountain life.
But first, we walked through Interlaken, a small town between Lakes Thun and Brienze, with the River Aare flowing through it. Arun picked up his first camouflage Swiss Army knife, with his name engraved on it..We got up to the 18th floor of the Hotel Metropole and took pictures of the whole town from various angles, while sipping a cold Fanta and watching hang gliders land in a large field down below.
A short ride to the Lauterbrunnen cable car station, and we were on our way to Murren! Just as described in Rick Steve's tour book, Murren is indeed a magical place - a one street town, with no automobile traffic, milk carts that do home delivery, and set right in the middle of the hardy alpine farm community. By the time we got to Murren, it was after 3pm; the streets were deserted and made for even more leisurely ambling through town. A small side street branches off towards Gimmelwald, a few hundred meters below. We decided to take it.
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