May/June 2016 - Switzerland, Germany, and Austria - Hiking Included
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May/June 2016 - Switzerland, Germany, and Austria - Hiking Included
Hello! I am very late in writing this trip report, but alas, I am going to get it written.
A little background information about us. My husband and I are in our 30's and enjoy trips where we go hiking, drink beer, and just kind of hang out in the environment where we are visiting. We visited Germany and Switzerland in May of 2014 and had so much fun that we had to visit these areas again. For this trip, we even convinced our friends, Mike and Katie, to join us for a portion of it.
Our itinerary:
Day 1: Travel from KC
Day 2: Lauterbrunnen
Day 3: Lauterbrunnen
Day 4: Lauterbrunnen
Day 5: Munich
Day 6: Munich
Day 7: Munich
Day 8: Salzburg
Day 9: Salzburg
Day 10: Salzburg
Day 11: Hallstatt
Day 12: Hallstatt
Day 13: Vienna
Day 14: Vienna
Day 15: Travel back to KC
Here is the story of our adventure.
May 27th
We flew from Kansas City to Miami on the 6:10 am flight on American Airlines. It was early, so, so early. It was also raining that morning, but we were so excited about starting our adventure. We had a fairly long layover in Miami, but not to fear as I had Admiral Club passes!
We flew on Air Berlin from Miami to Dusseldorf and had an uneventful flight. We were both very comfortable on the flight and grateful that I had upgraded us to the XL seats. I am only 4'10 and can curl up anywhere, but my husband is 6'5 and needs the extra space for his sanity.
We arrived in Dusseldorf and quickly boarded our short flight to Zurich. I had big plans to wash my face and reapply make up while we were in the Dusseldorf airport, but they started boarding way earlier than I was expecting, so my plans were spoiled. Once we arrived in Zurich, we met up with our friends, grabbed a latte, cash from the ATM, and bought our train tickets to Lauterbrunnen!
I know that I have only visited a small portion of the world, but I find it hard to believe that there is another place as beautiful and perfect as Lauterbrunnen. This area is Heaven for me. We arrived to Lauterbrunnen and stopped at the Co-op for a few things before walking the half a mile to Hotel Staubbach. Our rooms were not ready yet, so we dropped off our stuff and headed out. We had a beautiful blue sky day and did not want to waste it as the forecast was for rain the next day.
We walked back to the other side of town to catch the cable car up to Grutschalp. Once we arrived in Grutschalp, we started making our way to Murren on foot. I hesitate to call this a hike, because it is very easy and flat to get there. We saw that the restaurant was open at Winteregg so we stopped for drinks and snacks, this was vacation after all.
We enjoyed our drinks and beautiful views before heading on towards Murren. Once in Murren, we watched the BASE jumpers for a bit (crazy people!) and decided to skip stopping for drinks and make our way down to Gimmelwald. We stopped by the Honesty Shop for a browsing and then made our way to the Mountain Hostel for drinks. On our way, we were greeted by a baby cow that was prancing around in the flowers. The cow was prancing around like a puppy would and I had so much fun watching him/her.
We enjoyed sitting at the Mountain Hostel for a few hours overlooking the Lauterbrunnen Valley and the peaks across the valley. It was a perfect afternoon. Some residents of the hostel were hosting a party complete with a German party bread that they were kind enough to share with us. It was so delicious and filling that it satisfied all of us from needing any dinner. A guy from the group also played an alphorn for a bit. We have no idea if he was good or not, but we were quite delighted to get to experience this. We met another couple from the US that was visiting from Oregon. We chatted with them a bit and soon it was time to make our way back to the valley floor.
While I prefer to hike down to Stechelberg, we chose to take the cable car since we were wanting to be back in the valley floor before dark. For whatever reason this particular cable car makes my stomach turn.
We arrived in Stechelberg and started the 90 minute trek across the valley floor. I absolutely adore this walk back to Lauterbrunnen. We took our time and stopped for many pictures and really just felt grateful to be back in Lauterbrunnen. Once we were back at Hotel Staubbach, we got our stuff and got to our rooms. Katie and I were both exhausted and we each went to bed while Mike and Ken stayed up and enjoyed a beer.
We had chosen a room with a balcony and I enjoyed seating out on the balcony for a few moments before calling it a night. It was the perfect start to a wonderful trip!
If you would like to read more stories and see pictures, please check out: http://girlgonerunning.blogspot.com/...y-1-and-2.html
I will be back to write additional later.
Thanks for reading!
Keri
A little background information about us. My husband and I are in our 30's and enjoy trips where we go hiking, drink beer, and just kind of hang out in the environment where we are visiting. We visited Germany and Switzerland in May of 2014 and had so much fun that we had to visit these areas again. For this trip, we even convinced our friends, Mike and Katie, to join us for a portion of it.
Our itinerary:
Day 1: Travel from KC
Day 2: Lauterbrunnen
Day 3: Lauterbrunnen
Day 4: Lauterbrunnen
Day 5: Munich
Day 6: Munich
Day 7: Munich
Day 8: Salzburg
Day 9: Salzburg
Day 10: Salzburg
Day 11: Hallstatt
Day 12: Hallstatt
Day 13: Vienna
Day 14: Vienna
Day 15: Travel back to KC
Here is the story of our adventure.
May 27th
We flew from Kansas City to Miami on the 6:10 am flight on American Airlines. It was early, so, so early. It was also raining that morning, but we were so excited about starting our adventure. We had a fairly long layover in Miami, but not to fear as I had Admiral Club passes!
We flew on Air Berlin from Miami to Dusseldorf and had an uneventful flight. We were both very comfortable on the flight and grateful that I had upgraded us to the XL seats. I am only 4'10 and can curl up anywhere, but my husband is 6'5 and needs the extra space for his sanity.
We arrived in Dusseldorf and quickly boarded our short flight to Zurich. I had big plans to wash my face and reapply make up while we were in the Dusseldorf airport, but they started boarding way earlier than I was expecting, so my plans were spoiled. Once we arrived in Zurich, we met up with our friends, grabbed a latte, cash from the ATM, and bought our train tickets to Lauterbrunnen!
I know that I have only visited a small portion of the world, but I find it hard to believe that there is another place as beautiful and perfect as Lauterbrunnen. This area is Heaven for me. We arrived to Lauterbrunnen and stopped at the Co-op for a few things before walking the half a mile to Hotel Staubbach. Our rooms were not ready yet, so we dropped off our stuff and headed out. We had a beautiful blue sky day and did not want to waste it as the forecast was for rain the next day.
We walked back to the other side of town to catch the cable car up to Grutschalp. Once we arrived in Grutschalp, we started making our way to Murren on foot. I hesitate to call this a hike, because it is very easy and flat to get there. We saw that the restaurant was open at Winteregg so we stopped for drinks and snacks, this was vacation after all.
We enjoyed our drinks and beautiful views before heading on towards Murren. Once in Murren, we watched the BASE jumpers for a bit (crazy people!) and decided to skip stopping for drinks and make our way down to Gimmelwald. We stopped by the Honesty Shop for a browsing and then made our way to the Mountain Hostel for drinks. On our way, we were greeted by a baby cow that was prancing around in the flowers. The cow was prancing around like a puppy would and I had so much fun watching him/her.
We enjoyed sitting at the Mountain Hostel for a few hours overlooking the Lauterbrunnen Valley and the peaks across the valley. It was a perfect afternoon. Some residents of the hostel were hosting a party complete with a German party bread that they were kind enough to share with us. It was so delicious and filling that it satisfied all of us from needing any dinner. A guy from the group also played an alphorn for a bit. We have no idea if he was good or not, but we were quite delighted to get to experience this. We met another couple from the US that was visiting from Oregon. We chatted with them a bit and soon it was time to make our way back to the valley floor.
While I prefer to hike down to Stechelberg, we chose to take the cable car since we were wanting to be back in the valley floor before dark. For whatever reason this particular cable car makes my stomach turn.
We arrived in Stechelberg and started the 90 minute trek across the valley floor. I absolutely adore this walk back to Lauterbrunnen. We took our time and stopped for many pictures and really just felt grateful to be back in Lauterbrunnen. Once we were back at Hotel Staubbach, we got our stuff and got to our rooms. Katie and I were both exhausted and we each went to bed while Mike and Ken stayed up and enjoyed a beer.
We had chosen a room with a balcony and I enjoyed seating out on the balcony for a few moments before calling it a night. It was the perfect start to a wonderful trip!
If you would like to read more stories and see pictures, please check out: http://girlgonerunning.blogspot.com/...y-1-and-2.html
I will be back to write additional later.
Thanks for reading!
Keri
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May 29th
I got out of bed early so that I could go for a run down the valley. As a runner, I feel as though my running card would be revoked if I did not run in such a beautiful place. It was so quite and it was just me and the cows. I could see the clouds rolling in and I felt so grateful to be running through the valley before the storm hit.
After my run, I met up with my husband on the patio of the hotel. He was enjoying coffee with a nice gentleman named Randy that was visiting from Fort Worth, TX. Randy gracious referred to me as the trip planner when I came up and I was glad to see that my husband gives me credit for all of my hard work! We chatted with Randy for a while and learned that this was his 7th trip to Lauterbrunnen. I am sure that will be my husband and me some day, we just love this area so much.
I also want to mention that since it was Sunday, we were lucky enough to hear the church bells that were ringing telling everyone that church was happening. Holy moly, were those some bells! I have never heard anything quite like that!
We said our good byes to Randy, knowing we would run into him later, and went inside for breakfast. Mike and Katie joined us and the four of us enjoyed coffee and the view and making our plans for the day. It was drizzling and we knew that we would have to deal with rain pretty much all day.
We settled on taking the train up to Wengen and then hoping that we could hike up to Kleine Scheidegg. I had offered for us to hike up to Wengen, but Ken and I had done that hike once before and he was not about to do it again. He is no dummy.
We took the train to Wengen and walked around a bit. It was even colder and raining harder in Wengen than it was in Lauterbrunnen. The clouds had also rolled in and anything above Wengen was not visible. We stopped into a pub and had a drink and prayed that it would clear up so we could enjoy the day.
We finally had to call it and bail on hiking to Kleine Scheidegg. Hotel Staubbach had given us a few ponchos plus we had our umbrellas, so we hiked back down to Lauterbrunnen from Wengen. The views were just as gorgeous as hiking up, just with less cardio. Ken quickly thanked his lucky stars that we were not hiking up like we did in 2014.
Once we arrived back to Lauterbrunnen everyone kind of went their separate ways. It seemed as though jet lag was hitting everyone but me and they all needed a nap. I opted for a little quiet time and went out for more chocolate because you know, priorities.
After everyone's naps and my chocolate shopping session (BTW the Lindt Double Lait chocolate bar is the best), we ventured out for a late lunch. We let Mike make the selection of restaurants and he chose Weid Stubli. This was our first time there and it did not disappoint! The guys had rosti's, Katie had pizza, and I had fondue. It was all delicious.
It kind of drizzled on and off for the rest of the afternoon/evening. We went back to the hotel and enjoyed a bottle of wine on the patio and had some laughs about many different things.
The rain finally stopped and I suggested that we walk the valley floor to check out the views. We all kind of dilly dallied around walking by the river and finally ending up just beyond the cemetery and Staubbach Falls. It was almost 9:00 pm and I decided that I wanted apple strudel since we had not really had dinner due to our late lunch.
We stopped by Hotel Staubbach and talked to Adam at the front desk. He called everywhere for me to try to find a place for me to eat my apple strudel. Just as we remembered, everything was closed. He did tell us that if we went to Hotel Oberland, they might serve us dessert only since the kitchen closes at 9:00 and they remain open until 10:00. Thank goodness Adam knew that trick, because I was able to get my apple strudel and everyone else enjoyed a few drinks! Adam to the rescue!
After dessert and drinks, we wandered back to the hotel and everyone went to bed for the night. Sadly, it was not the day I had planned but we all enjoyed our lazy day in Lauterbrunnen.
P.S. The Lauterbrunnen Valley is still beautiful even with clouds rolling in.
For more stories and pictures please visit: http://girlgonerunning.blogspot.com/...unnen-and.html
I got out of bed early so that I could go for a run down the valley. As a runner, I feel as though my running card would be revoked if I did not run in such a beautiful place. It was so quite and it was just me and the cows. I could see the clouds rolling in and I felt so grateful to be running through the valley before the storm hit.
After my run, I met up with my husband on the patio of the hotel. He was enjoying coffee with a nice gentleman named Randy that was visiting from Fort Worth, TX. Randy gracious referred to me as the trip planner when I came up and I was glad to see that my husband gives me credit for all of my hard work! We chatted with Randy for a while and learned that this was his 7th trip to Lauterbrunnen. I am sure that will be my husband and me some day, we just love this area so much.
I also want to mention that since it was Sunday, we were lucky enough to hear the church bells that were ringing telling everyone that church was happening. Holy moly, were those some bells! I have never heard anything quite like that!
We said our good byes to Randy, knowing we would run into him later, and went inside for breakfast. Mike and Katie joined us and the four of us enjoyed coffee and the view and making our plans for the day. It was drizzling and we knew that we would have to deal with rain pretty much all day.
We settled on taking the train up to Wengen and then hoping that we could hike up to Kleine Scheidegg. I had offered for us to hike up to Wengen, but Ken and I had done that hike once before and he was not about to do it again. He is no dummy.
We took the train to Wengen and walked around a bit. It was even colder and raining harder in Wengen than it was in Lauterbrunnen. The clouds had also rolled in and anything above Wengen was not visible. We stopped into a pub and had a drink and prayed that it would clear up so we could enjoy the day.
We finally had to call it and bail on hiking to Kleine Scheidegg. Hotel Staubbach had given us a few ponchos plus we had our umbrellas, so we hiked back down to Lauterbrunnen from Wengen. The views were just as gorgeous as hiking up, just with less cardio. Ken quickly thanked his lucky stars that we were not hiking up like we did in 2014.
Once we arrived back to Lauterbrunnen everyone kind of went their separate ways. It seemed as though jet lag was hitting everyone but me and they all needed a nap. I opted for a little quiet time and went out for more chocolate because you know, priorities.
After everyone's naps and my chocolate shopping session (BTW the Lindt Double Lait chocolate bar is the best), we ventured out for a late lunch. We let Mike make the selection of restaurants and he chose Weid Stubli. This was our first time there and it did not disappoint! The guys had rosti's, Katie had pizza, and I had fondue. It was all delicious.
It kind of drizzled on and off for the rest of the afternoon/evening. We went back to the hotel and enjoyed a bottle of wine on the patio and had some laughs about many different things.
The rain finally stopped and I suggested that we walk the valley floor to check out the views. We all kind of dilly dallied around walking by the river and finally ending up just beyond the cemetery and Staubbach Falls. It was almost 9:00 pm and I decided that I wanted apple strudel since we had not really had dinner due to our late lunch.
We stopped by Hotel Staubbach and talked to Adam at the front desk. He called everywhere for me to try to find a place for me to eat my apple strudel. Just as we remembered, everything was closed. He did tell us that if we went to Hotel Oberland, they might serve us dessert only since the kitchen closes at 9:00 and they remain open until 10:00. Thank goodness Adam knew that trick, because I was able to get my apple strudel and everyone else enjoyed a few drinks! Adam to the rescue!
After dessert and drinks, we wandered back to the hotel and everyone went to bed for the night. Sadly, it was not the day I had planned but we all enjoyed our lazy day in Lauterbrunnen.
P.S. The Lauterbrunnen Valley is still beautiful even with clouds rolling in.
For more stories and pictures please visit: http://girlgonerunning.blogspot.com/...unnen-and.html
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We woke up and it was raining. I was pretty disappointed and started looking to see if it was raining in Lucerne or Berne for a day trip. While I was doing that, my husband was checking the radar and saw that it appeared as though the rain was going to stop. We all agreed that we should try to hike from Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg.
After breakfast we were on the train to Wengen. Once in Wengen, we found the train that goes to Kleine Scheidegg and were on our way! I was thrilled to be hiking up to Kleine Scheidegg. We wanted to hike to it back in 2014, but it was still snow covered during the middle of May.
Obviously, the trail to KS is climbing the entire way. There was a moment where Katie and I were up ahead and we heard my name being shouted by one of our husbands below. I instantly thought that something was wrong (I was one semester from being finished from nursing school) and worried that I was going to have to do chest compressions on one of our husbands. Luckily, all was well and the guys were concerned that we should have turned at the train tracks. Alas, we were going the correct way and continued.
We passed by a look out that I am sure is breath-taking during a clear day, but we saw nothing but clouds. I vowed in that moment to return and complete this hike when I have nothing but blue skies.
We arrived to KS and settled in for some hot chocolate from one of the outside vendors. I was surprised to see trains still heading to the Top of Europe since it was nothing but cloud cover. We walked up the hill to the a chalet for lunch, but the name escapes me. We walked in and Ken and Mike saw some men enjoying a dish with meat and noodles and quickly decided that was want they wanted.
Ken tried to order from our waitress asking what the men were eating. She said they were eating "menut." Ken and Mike both ordered it and quickly starting googling menut. They came up empty handed. They later asked the waitress again what it was (it was delicious) and again she said "menut." Ken asked what it was and again she said "menut" and shrugged her shoulders. I got on that she was saying it was the special and she was saying menu. We all had a good laugh about it and I still tell Ken I will make him menut anytime he wants.
As we were eating lunch, we saw that it seemed to be clearing off a bit and checked the weather on the other side of the valley. We thought that it would be possible to hike over to one of our favorite places, Sulwald. We bought tickets for the train back to Lauterbrunnen and were quickly on our way back to the valley. Tip: make sure your credit card has your signature as the train station almost did not take our friends' card.
We arrived back to Lauterbrunnen and I stopped off at the Co-op for more chocolate, because you know, priorities. My favorite bar I have only found in Lauterbrunnen, and I wanted a few more to take home. I have a sweet tooth, what can I say.
We stopped back at the hotel and shared our plans with the front desk. They called the Isenfluh cable car to find out what time they stopped running and provided us with a discount card to use for the cable car coming back down. FYI the final car from Sulwald to Isenfluh was 6:00 pm.
We walked back toward the train station and took the cable car up to Grutschalp and began walking the opposite direction of Murren. It drizzled on us a bit, but we had our umbrellas with us and it was no worry. We stopped off and took many pictures and climbed our way up. There appeared to be storm clouds rolling in when we were about halfway to Sulwald. It was the dilemma as to what to do as we did not want to get caught in a storm. We viewed the radar and decided the storm was going to miss us and carried on towards Sulwald.
We arrived in Sulwald and found Sulwald Stubli to be closed. I was very disappointed as this was one of our favorite stops on our last trip. We made the best of it and borrowed a few chairs and enjoyed the bottle of wine we had brought with us. A group of hikers came up and started speaking to us in German. We quickly told them me only speak English and one of them asked us if we knew anything about the cable car. We told them where the phone was do dial and she did just that.
After a few minutes, she told us that it was 70 CHF per person to ride the cable car down to Isenfluh. I almost choked on my wine. There was no way I was going to pay 140 CHF for the two of us to ride the car down to Isenfluh when we could hike. The hikers left and started their hike down towards the valley. Katie said that she thought this was incorrect and that Ken, Mr. Negotiator, should call the conductor to negotiate. Somehow between Ken and Katie, we were able to communicate with the conductor and found out that it was 7.40 CHF per person. Slightly different from 70 CHF.
We boarded the cable car, which fits six people or one cow, and Ken had directions on what to do. I was nervous. My stomach turned and my heart raced. We later noticed on my Fitbit app that my heart rate was the highest at 6:00 pm, which was the exact time we were on the cable car. Talk about anxiety!
We arrived in Isenfluh and had a few pictures taken with the cable car and bought a few postcards to send home. We then hiked the easy path back to Lauterbrunnen and stopped by Hotel Oberland to make dinner reservations.
We all got cleaned up and made our way to Hotel Oberland, which is my favorite restaurant in Lauterbrunnen. We are traditional and had rostis and fondue followed by dessert. It was the perfect last meal in Lauterbrunnen. We all walked back to our hotel and talked with Adam at the front desk for a while. He was so sweet and gave me a few chocolates because he knew what a sweet tooth I have.
We went to our rooms where Ken and I sat out on our balcony for awhile overlooking the city. I cried. I did not want to leave. I love Lauterbrunnen so much and could seriously live there. We had a great remainder of a trip planned, but it literally hurt to say good bye to Lauterbrunnen. We had such an amazing time in Lauterbrunnen, despite the weather not being perfect and I wanted more of it. We went to bed and awaited our early wake up call the next morning to head to Munich.
For more stories and pictures please check out: http://girlgonerunning.blogspot.com/...idegg-and.html
We woke up and it was raining. I was pretty disappointed and started looking to see if it was raining in Lucerne or Berne for a day trip. While I was doing that, my husband was checking the radar and saw that it appeared as though the rain was going to stop. We all agreed that we should try to hike from Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg.
After breakfast we were on the train to Wengen. Once in Wengen, we found the train that goes to Kleine Scheidegg and were on our way! I was thrilled to be hiking up to Kleine Scheidegg. We wanted to hike to it back in 2014, but it was still snow covered during the middle of May.
Obviously, the trail to KS is climbing the entire way. There was a moment where Katie and I were up ahead and we heard my name being shouted by one of our husbands below. I instantly thought that something was wrong (I was one semester from being finished from nursing school) and worried that I was going to have to do chest compressions on one of our husbands. Luckily, all was well and the guys were concerned that we should have turned at the train tracks. Alas, we were going the correct way and continued.
We passed by a look out that I am sure is breath-taking during a clear day, but we saw nothing but clouds. I vowed in that moment to return and complete this hike when I have nothing but blue skies.
We arrived to KS and settled in for some hot chocolate from one of the outside vendors. I was surprised to see trains still heading to the Top of Europe since it was nothing but cloud cover. We walked up the hill to the a chalet for lunch, but the name escapes me. We walked in and Ken and Mike saw some men enjoying a dish with meat and noodles and quickly decided that was want they wanted.
Ken tried to order from our waitress asking what the men were eating. She said they were eating "menut." Ken and Mike both ordered it and quickly starting googling menut. They came up empty handed. They later asked the waitress again what it was (it was delicious) and again she said "menut." Ken asked what it was and again she said "menut" and shrugged her shoulders. I got on that she was saying it was the special and she was saying menu. We all had a good laugh about it and I still tell Ken I will make him menut anytime he wants.
As we were eating lunch, we saw that it seemed to be clearing off a bit and checked the weather on the other side of the valley. We thought that it would be possible to hike over to one of our favorite places, Sulwald. We bought tickets for the train back to Lauterbrunnen and were quickly on our way back to the valley. Tip: make sure your credit card has your signature as the train station almost did not take our friends' card.
We arrived back to Lauterbrunnen and I stopped off at the Co-op for more chocolate, because you know, priorities. My favorite bar I have only found in Lauterbrunnen, and I wanted a few more to take home. I have a sweet tooth, what can I say.
We stopped back at the hotel and shared our plans with the front desk. They called the Isenfluh cable car to find out what time they stopped running and provided us with a discount card to use for the cable car coming back down. FYI the final car from Sulwald to Isenfluh was 6:00 pm.
We walked back toward the train station and took the cable car up to Grutschalp and began walking the opposite direction of Murren. It drizzled on us a bit, but we had our umbrellas with us and it was no worry. We stopped off and took many pictures and climbed our way up. There appeared to be storm clouds rolling in when we were about halfway to Sulwald. It was the dilemma as to what to do as we did not want to get caught in a storm. We viewed the radar and decided the storm was going to miss us and carried on towards Sulwald.
We arrived in Sulwald and found Sulwald Stubli to be closed. I was very disappointed as this was one of our favorite stops on our last trip. We made the best of it and borrowed a few chairs and enjoyed the bottle of wine we had brought with us. A group of hikers came up and started speaking to us in German. We quickly told them me only speak English and one of them asked us if we knew anything about the cable car. We told them where the phone was do dial and she did just that.
After a few minutes, she told us that it was 70 CHF per person to ride the cable car down to Isenfluh. I almost choked on my wine. There was no way I was going to pay 140 CHF for the two of us to ride the car down to Isenfluh when we could hike. The hikers left and started their hike down towards the valley. Katie said that she thought this was incorrect and that Ken, Mr. Negotiator, should call the conductor to negotiate. Somehow between Ken and Katie, we were able to communicate with the conductor and found out that it was 7.40 CHF per person. Slightly different from 70 CHF.
We boarded the cable car, which fits six people or one cow, and Ken had directions on what to do. I was nervous. My stomach turned and my heart raced. We later noticed on my Fitbit app that my heart rate was the highest at 6:00 pm, which was the exact time we were on the cable car. Talk about anxiety!
We arrived in Isenfluh and had a few pictures taken with the cable car and bought a few postcards to send home. We then hiked the easy path back to Lauterbrunnen and stopped by Hotel Oberland to make dinner reservations.
We all got cleaned up and made our way to Hotel Oberland, which is my favorite restaurant in Lauterbrunnen. We are traditional and had rostis and fondue followed by dessert. It was the perfect last meal in Lauterbrunnen. We all walked back to our hotel and talked with Adam at the front desk for a while. He was so sweet and gave me a few chocolates because he knew what a sweet tooth I have.
We went to our rooms where Ken and I sat out on our balcony for awhile overlooking the city. I cried. I did not want to leave. I love Lauterbrunnen so much and could seriously live there. We had a great remainder of a trip planned, but it literally hurt to say good bye to Lauterbrunnen. We had such an amazing time in Lauterbrunnen, despite the weather not being perfect and I wanted more of it. We went to bed and awaited our early wake up call the next morning to head to Munich.
For more stories and pictures please check out: http://girlgonerunning.blogspot.com/...idegg-and.html
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I just finished reading all your blog entries on your trip. I especially loved the day you spent hiking around Lake Konigssee (I hope it's okay that I am mentioning this now since you haven't come to this part of the trip here on Fodors) and now I want to go! Actually, I'd love to replicate your whole trip. 
A couple of questions, was the terrain mostly flat when you hiked Lake Konigssee? And how did you figure out where to hike when in Lauterbrunnen?
I'm definitely putting these places on my travel bucket list!
A couple of questions, was the terrain mostly flat when you hiked Lake Konigssee? And how did you figure out where to hike when in Lauterbrunnen?
I'm definitely putting these places on my travel bucket list!
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