Top of Europe
Trip Start
Apr 26, 2011
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Trip End
Jul 01, 2011
Where I stayed
Interlaken, Swiss Alps, Switzerland
Sunday, May 8, 2011
We played a little table tennis back at the hostel (I was the definate winner), then went out for some dinner, and thought we better try out some chocolate fondue since we we're in Switzerland after all. It was really disappointing though because the chocolate was cold and it was dark chocolate. Bracegirdles in adelaide is WAY better.
Got up nice and early to get up Jungfrau - this is the highest train station in Europe. It's about 3,500m above sea level and is known as "The Top of Europe". It is covered in snow all year round, and you actually have to take 3 different trains up there for the different conditions on the way up.
The trip up takes about 2.5 hours, and most of the awesome photos you get are on the way up.
When we got to the top, we actually found it noticeably harder to breathe because the air is so thin that high up. It wasn't actually that cold by the standard temperatures they get up there - was about -2, but I was still freezing since I didn't exactly pack for the snow!
On the train ride down to Interlaken, we stopped off in Grindelwald and had lunch overlooking the snowy mountains, listening to the cow bells tinkling in the distance. It beats working!!
We caught a sleeper train to Barcelona (over 12 hours long). It was well worth the extra 70 Euros each we paid for the sleeper cabin on the train.
