Monday, April 14, 2014

Between two lakes

So i am currently in the town of Interlaken, Switzerland.  Interlaken literally means between (inter) lakes (laken).  Lake Thun on one side and Lake Brienz on the other and they are connected by a canal that runs through the middle of town.

There are mountains all around the lakes and the town.  The three peaks of Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau are the backdrop of the town and are one of the most emblematic points of the Swiss Alps.

The first day I walked all around the town and down by the canal all the way to the river Thun.  There was also a castle ruin there that I could climb around in (Indiana Jones style).  I ate at this very nice restaurant where the people there made me feel like family.

The second day I walked around town again all the way to Lake Brienz.  I then decided to hike up to a place called Harder Kulm.  That is on a mountain opposite from the others.  It took about two and a half hours to hike up to it.  It is a 2475 ft climb (Phew).

The views around this city are breathtaking and the people all seem to be super nice.  There is a big number of extreme sports (sky diving, bungee jumping, ice climbing, white water rafting, canyon swinging, and more) that go on here, but they are all super expensive so I will probably wait until back in America to try some of those :)

Lake Thun


Ruin castle.


One of the closer mountains.


Lake Brienz.
 Lake Brienz from the hike up to Harder Kulm.  The water is SO blue!


Observation deck at Harder Kulm over looking Lake Thun.


Three Peaks, left to right, Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau.

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