when in Switzerland...

...do as the Swiss do. As epic as possible.
Woke up early this morning to catch a bus down to Trummelbach Falles. These are 10 separate falls INSIDE the mountains, which drain the Eiger, Jungfrau and Monch - this one spot drains them all. We took a lift halfway up, then climbed stairs the rest of the way. Absolutely astounding how much the water has carved away at the rock, and how it swirls inside the mountain. We were the first ones up today!
Next we conquered the Via Ferrata... A 4 hour cliff walk. I'll spare my mom the details but it was a life changing experience! Wow.
And after this, we took the cable car up to Schiltorn, the viewpoint for the Eiger, Jungfrau, Monch, and the rest of the Alps. We went through super thick clouds to arrive above them for crystal clear views. There are trails out in the mountains, so we were able to hike out a short ways to get even more amazing views of this gorgeous creation. A nice shop lady let us buy beers and drink them out on the deck 15 mins before closing. Mountain top experience!
Finished the day with delicious fondue made with local.cheese. a splurge for our last night here! Wish we could.stay longer! So much more we would love to do...

Swiss Alps

Today we woke up with the plan to go up to see the Jungfrau and other mountains, including the Eiger. We grabbed our (expensive) tickets for the trains up, and headed off! We were quickly swarmed by Asian tour groups, from the main Lauterbrunnen train station and up at the resort villages above the valley. Wow.
The trains took us up up up the sides of the mountains, and through cute little villages, and then THROUGh the mountain. Crazy! There were viewpoints along the way, the first was totally clouded in, but the second was crystal clear! Ahhh! We saw the blueish glaciers and jagged peaks jutting against the blue skies. Gorgeous. Up up up we went still, and ended up above the clouds! Words can't describe. So gorgeous. We stood in awe of the gorgeous mountains, snapped some pics, and toured the ice palace! We then found our way to get out onto.the glacier. And we were able to walk 1.5 km up to a mountain hut that had food. We earned our beer and meat/cheese, as well as met a lovely couple from the UK who gave us suggestions for that portion of our trip. It started snowing while we were there, so we hiked back down in the snow....what an experience!
Had a slow evening...walked up to the Staubach  waterfall and through town, still being serenaded by the church bells and cow bells. Love love love this town.
Tomorrow's a full day! Here are just a couple pics...camera is having trouble uploading, so these are from Jeff's phone. :)