Trip to Switzerland: Day 3 - Jungfraujoch & Interlaken
We left Geneva in the morning and reached Interlaken at 10ish. Took the train from there to Lauterbrunnen and changed from there to Kleine Scheidig. The scenaries were breath taking on the way.
We proceeded from Kleine Schedig to Jungfrau by Jungfraubahn. We had taken the Swiss pass for 4 days between 22nd and 25th. This cost us 81 pounds and we could travel by any train/bus/ferry in Switzerland without extra costs. However small caveat is that on certain routes we have to shell out money. We got 25-50% discount though as we were Swiss pass holders. My sincere suggestion to check the map clearly for routes which do not cost extra money. We made a mistake by taking a train from Latuerbrunnen all the way up to Jungfrau and back to Grindelwald. This cost us quite a bit of money.
We stopped en route to Jungfraujoch at Eismeer and Eigerwand. Both of these are peaks which offer amazing views of the swiss alps. The jungfrau railway was constructed in 1912 at a cost of 15 Million Swiss Francs. It is amazing how they had the vision at that point in time to accomplish this. Today it must be earning the Swiss government quite some money.
Finally we were atop Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe. This is the highest point in Europe. The views are breathtaking. There's even an Indian restaurant called 'Hotel Bollywood' on top! It was closed when we went though. We had lunch, took lots of snaps and got back by train to Grindelwald. From Grindelwald we took the train back to Interlaken.
We stayed in Backpackers Villa (youth hostel) in Interlaken. Place was comfortable and the breakfast scrumptious.
We proceeded from Kleine Schedig to Jungfrau by Jungfraubahn. We had taken the Swiss pass for 4 days between 22nd and 25th. This cost us 81 pounds and we could travel by any train/bus/ferry in Switzerland without extra costs. However small caveat is that on certain routes we have to shell out money. We got 25-50% discount though as we were Swiss pass holders. My sincere suggestion to check the map clearly for routes which do not cost extra money. We made a mistake by taking a train from Latuerbrunnen all the way up to Jungfrau and back to Grindelwald. This cost us quite a bit of money.
We stopped en route to Jungfraujoch at Eismeer and Eigerwand. Both of these are peaks which offer amazing views of the swiss alps. The jungfrau railway was constructed in 1912 at a cost of 15 Million Swiss Francs. It is amazing how they had the vision at that point in time to accomplish this. Today it must be earning the Swiss government quite some money.
Finally we were atop Jungfraujoch - Top of Europe. This is the highest point in Europe. The views are breathtaking. There's even an Indian restaurant called 'Hotel Bollywood' on top! It was closed when we went though. We had lunch, took lots of snaps and got back by train to Grindelwald. From Grindelwald we took the train back to Interlaken.
We stayed in Backpackers Villa (youth hostel) in Interlaken. Place was comfortable and the breakfast scrumptious.
posted by Vasanth Sandilya @ 11:11 PM
1 Comments:
nice blog! it sounds like u guys really had some fun on the slopes..so do we get to see you starring in the next bollywood blockbuster?? :)
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