We woke up early this morning, anxious to begin our day in the Alps. We had a very good breakfast at our hotel and then took the short walk to our first tram ride of the day… from the Lauterbrunnen Valley up to the very small village of Grutschalp at the top of the valley’s wall. It was beautiful.
Once we arrived there, we immediately hopped on a small scenic - cliff hugging train ride to the small town of Murren… again sitting high above the valley along the cliff. The town was very “Swiss” and the scenery was again stunning… with the base of peaks like the Jungfrau and Eiger seemingly in our faces. Just gorgeous!
We strolled through the small town and came upon an opportunity to get a couple of massages - which we couldn’t pass up. Turned out to be a great massage, which was really appreciated after all the different types of beds, pillows, walking and sitting on trains we had been doing.
After our massages, we had lunch in Murren at this outdoor restaurant with a billion dollar view of the Alps. Joanie had a curry vegetable and fruit plate, which was pretty good and I had a local specialty - Rosti with pork ring sausage and onion sauce - and that was really good!
After lunch we then took the 30 minute, down hill walk to the town of Grimmelwald, which was again incredible - the views, the small farm houses, and the local people working in their yards. In town, we hopped on a tram heading back down to the valley floor - and when I say down I mean it. WOW… was that an incredible ride. We dropped about 2,500 feet at a very steep rate, but again, it was beautiful.
After a short bus ride through the valley, we arrived back at hotel, and relaxed on our balcony a bit before we walked across the street for an outdoor dinner of pizza and salad and Italian wine.
To end the day today - again on our balcony with the waterfall view - we ordered a Bailey’s ice cream treat. Another incredible, memorable, beautiful day.
