{"id":1857,"date":"2016-07-21T16:18:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T15:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesumpnersagain.com\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2020-02-17T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:37:34","slug":"europe-summer-2016-days-7-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesumpnersagain.com\/?p=1857","title":{"rendered":"Europe \u2013 Summer 2016 \u2013 DAYS 7-9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 7 – relaxing 6th July<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This was scheduled to be another relaxing day and we had planned to spend it messing about in the boat but it was very breezy, with white horses on the lake so we gave it a miss. We spent the day reading and blog-writing, punctuated by food and drink. We popped into Interlaken in the early evening for more supplies \u2013 mainly fruit \u2013 although I did pick up a bar of chocolate called Ovalmaltine<\/a>. It was lovely. A bit gritty in texture, but a lovely flavour. Paul was less keen, but that didn\u2019t seem to stop him scoffing it!<\/p>\n

The evening brought football. The first time the TV had made an appearance all holiday. It was the Wales versus Portugal match and sadly gallant little Wales could not withstand the might of the Portugese team and their run of luck ran out. I spent the evening browsing the internet, reading and sighing LOUDLY.<\/p>\n

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Base camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ready for a barbie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 8 \u2013 to the hills! 7th July<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Off to the mountains again today. We set off for the very pretty town of Wilderswil<\/a>, effectively the starting point for most tours of the Jungfrau<\/a> region It has many hotels, accordingly. Our next stop was at Lauterbrunnen, where we viewed and took the obligatory pictures of the most famous (of many)  and impressive Staubach Falls. At just under 300 ft, most of it freefall, it\u2019s a great sight amongst valley of waterfalls. There are 72, apparently, in the Lauterbrunnen Valley, including the equally famous Trummelbach<\/a>, which – rather annoyingly –  we missed completely! Next time! We had a coffee at a cafe with great views over the valley towards the Schilthorn<\/a> mountain.<\/p>\n

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Staubach Falls – Lauterbrunnen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the way to our next destination, Grindelwald, we went through a very unusual tunnel. We had noticed an odd circular-looking road on the satnav and it turned out that it is this 1200m long tunnel that is virtually circular, climbing steeply throughout its passage.  It was also a single track road with passing places – an altogether different  experience! At least!<\/p>\n

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Screenshot from the satnav showing odd round thing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just because she’s beautiful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Grindelwald<\/a> is a ski town, obviously so, with all the requisite shops, bars and hotels\/lodges. It\u2019s an attractive town nonetheless, with a selection of cable cars. We stopped and had our picnic in the shade, overlooking the again shrunken Oberer Grindelwald <\/a>glacier (gletscher in German Swiss).<\/p>\n

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Oberer Grindlewald Glacier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Signage showing shrinkage. \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After lunch, we set off for the Pfingstegg<\/a> Cable car, which Arch was quite happy to ride in.  At the top, where there are stunning views, there is also a sommerodelbahn<\/a> (this video gives a great impression of the ride) \u2013 or summer toboggan run. Someone had to look after the dog and I knew Paul would love it, so I was left with dog and camera. I am not the most expert with an SLR and I thought I had taken two really good shots as he raced down the curves.  Sadly not! My bad! I did<\/strong> manage to get a couple of shots of him on the climb back up, which is a slow rack and pinion affair and not ideal for action shots – Oh dear!<\/p>\n

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Going up! View of Grindlewald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View from the top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Archie admiring the view – and looking for Paul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Paul – at the end of his summerodelbahn run. Oopsie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By now it was very hot and we beat a hasty retreat back to the van. The weather was perfect for the boat, so we dug it out of the car and blew it up. Didn\u2019t take long and we were soon out on the water. Archie was quite happy, being used to boats, and we had a very pleasant time, followed by a swim for all of us. The water was refreshing – cool but refreshing.Sadly no pictures because i was “advised” not to take any photographic equipment with me. I did manage to grab a shot of the boys in it though, from the shore.<\/p>\n

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Our new boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day 9 \u2013 at leisure 8th July<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It was a sunny day so we had breakfast and then jumped in the boat for a quick row and a long bob around and then another swim. So glad we got the boat \u2013 gonna be a lot of fun. For those interested, it\u2019s an Intex Excursion 5 inflatable<\/a>. It gets great reviews and we saw it for a good price. It\u2019s really tough and durable and you can also get an outboard for it, which we will do at some point \u2013 maybe after we have got over the Swiss cost of living!!<\/p>\n

As we were moving on the next day, we did a little desultory tidying up before returning to our books and snoozes.<\/p>\n

We dried the boat out in the hot sun and deflated it \u2013 which again didn\u2019t take long – and replaced it in the handy carrying bag it comes with, ready for next time.<\/p>\n

The evening was largely spent packing away the awning and the awning carpet and then we went for an early night as we thought we\u2019d make an early start on our journey to our next lake! We will be very sad to leave this lovely spot, a real wrench. Let\u2019s hope our next pitch is as nice –  although it will have to go some!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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