Switzerland

So yeah, Switzerland is to put it bluntly, seriously amazingly awesome. Everywhere you look is an awesome photo opportunity, and the landscapes are so varied, it puts you in a constant state of awe. It's by far the most attractive country I've been to 'landscape' wise. and from awesome valleys, to awesome lakes, hills, mountains, waterfalls... Switzerland rules, and is something you really need to see to believe.









The journey to Switzerland was pretty cool, as we drove through a heap of nice scenic hills, including a stop in the country of Lichtenstein, which provided another pizza that was better than any of those experienced in Italy. In somewhat of a let down, the best pizza, pasta and icecream I've had have probably all been outside of Italy. I guess being sick and missing the Italian dinner kind of contributed to that.

After lunch in Lichtenstein, we headed over the Swiss border and onto Lucerne, an amazing Lucerne. The whole area is amazingly attractive and clean and it's hard to put into words how nice it looks, as it's something you really need to see to believe.



Lichtenstein








Lucerne


Already in awe of Switzerland, I then headed onto Lauterbrunnen, an insanely picturesque village we were staying in. The village was situated in a valley, surrounded by mountains, hills, fast flowing rivers and waterfalls. The morning after arriving in Lauterbrunnen, we headed to the local train station for a 2 or so hour train ride to the 'Top Of Europe', a train station right up in the upper reaches of the surrounding mountain ranges, more particularly Jungfraujoch.





Lauterbrunnen


The views up the mountain were amazing, but nothing compared to the top, approximately 3500m above sea level. In all honesty though, I have never been more cold in my life. The temperature was 'only' 2 degrees celsius, or so, which was fine, but the wind was absolutely insane, and took a bit of getting used to. I can't even begin to imagine how cold it would be in winter.











After going right to the top of the observation tower, as well as a bit of exploring outside, we headed towards the outside area for snow activities and so on. After getting slighty airbourne on the 'ski discs', and performing some sort of 180 degree manouver, I ended up with a nice war wound on my arm, which looked a lot worse than it actually felt.

Once we were back down the mountain, we decided to walk to the nearby Trummelbachfalle, a series of glacial waterfalls and cliffs and so on. Once again, something that needs to be seen to be believed, the falls consist of a huge waterfall and 'river' runnning throughout the mountain, down various cliff faces, and ending up down the bottom in a violent white water river...it was like something out of 'Planet Earth'.



Anyway, back to Germany next...