This weekend we all went to Interlaken, Switzerland. Interlaken is in the German speaking part of Switzerland and, as you might guess from the name, it is located between two lakes. Interlaken is the "extreme sports capital of the world." You can go canyoning, whitewater rafting, skydiving, paragliding, or almost anything else you could want.
I decided to go extreme hiking. Extreme hiking is really just normal hiking, but in the Alps instead of just up a regular hill.
The Alps are gorgeous. There were huge, snow-capped mountains and grassy fields everywhere. It was like walking around in the sound of music.
We decided initially to hike a mountain called Jungfrau. First we took the bus from our hostel (Balmers) to the train station at wilderswil and the train to Lauterbrunnen. From there we started walking. We thought we were taking the walking path and were goind to have a nice long stroll up the mountain, but somehow we ended up on the hiking trail.
Along the way, we saw all these different waterfalls and took breaks in the fields.
Finally, after hiking for 3 hours, we figured out that we weren't even half-way to our destination, and decided to try to find a different place to stop and get food and rest. So instead of trying to makeit all the way to Murren, we decided to hike to Winteregg. At Winteregg, we found a great restaurant in the middle of a huge field. It also had a train to the next closest town, from which we could take a gondola to the bottom of a mountain and finally get home. The food at the restaurant was incredible, and so different from all the French food we've been eating lately. I got bratwurst with fries and then i had wildberry icecream for dessert.
Finally, after hiking for 3 hours, we figured out that we weren't even half-way to our destination, and decided to try to find a different place to stop and get food and rest. So instead of trying to makeit all the way to Murren, we decided to hike to Winteregg. At Winteregg, we found a great restaurant in the middle of a huge field. It also had a train to the next closest town, from which we could take a gondola to the bottom of a mountain and finally get home. The food at the restaurant was incredible, and so different from all the French food we've been eating lately. I got bratwurst with fries and then i had wildberry icecream for dessert.
When we got back, we were exhausted, but we had hiked the Swiss Alps.
The people who didn't come hiking with us went on great adventures too! Danae went paragliding and Victoria went cayoning, paragliding, and skydiving.
