FollowA few shots to give you a flavour of the village. Firstly, here’s a view of this great metropolis from the top of the nursery slope.
If you want to ski back to the nursery slope from the higher pistes (and you do, because it is surrounded by bars), you have to ski down a slope through a tunnel under the railway.
After the tunnel there’s a road. After the road there’s a short incline onto the nursery slope – so you need to go fast. So as you pass under the tunnel there are 2 things on your mind:
- will there be any snow on the road? Because if there isn’t, my skis will stop, I won’t, and I’ll end up in a heap,
- will there be any traffic on the road? There’s no way of knowing this as you emerge from the tunnel, and it’s way too late to stop.
As, you can see, the guy in red has been pretty lucky on both counts.
600 metres below Wengen in Lauterbrunnen, summer is fast approaching. There’s no way to ski all the way down here, so the train brings dozens of sweaty skiers down from Wengen. Lots of people stay in Lauterbrunnen; it’s much cheaper than Wengen and it has lots of places to stay.
Back in Wengen, here’s Sina’s pub & restaurant, scene of many a jolly evening out, and home of the best ribs & chicken in the Alps. It gets awful reviews on Tripadvisor, but everyone here seems to really like the place. I certainly do, but after all, it is a pub.
