Up into the Alps

Nine hours of time difference and a short night with only 1-2 hours sleep will catch up with you. We both slept like stones for a long time. We woke up, had breakfast, checked out of the AirBnB and headed downtown on the S18 train.

We walked around and visited a couple of churches including the famous one I had never seen, the Fraumünster, with its famous Chagall windows.

Looking closely, Katie was delighted to see her first Swiss lactation art.

Looking further, Nathan found the ultimate church window: Father Jerry Garcia playing a harp.

We walked around more, saw some interesting pasta for sale, bought groceries then headed back to our car in Zolikon by train.

The drive to the Lauterbrunen Valley took about 2 1/2 hours, a familiar route for me, a gorgeous drive. Katie got the car GPS going, and more importantly, the AC – it was sunny and kind of warm. The views got better and better as we climbed and finally we got to the famous town of Lauterbrunen. Just as we drove in the rain started. We headed up to the end of the road for the view, then parked at the cable car parking lot. The tramway to Mürren looked just as I remembered it from 2012 and soon we were heading up, in light rain.

From the top, It was a short walk to our hotel and we checked in. After a minute we looked out the window and were shocked to see a view of the Eiger north face.

We finished the day watching the Eiger Sanction movie. Livin’ large!