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We’re up early this morning to catch the train to Meiringen, which is about half an hour to the east of Interlaken. We dump our bags at the hotel and catch a local train to the Aareschlucht. A ‘schlucht’ is a gorge, and this one is pretty impressive. The Aare is the river running through it.

It’s a pity we have to wear masks, but traffic through the gorge is 2-way and the path is narrow in places.

At their highest, the walls of the gorge rise 180 metres above us.

The gorge is about a mile long.

We had lunch at the restaurant at the end of the gorge, and set off for the next attraction. It’s the Reichenbach falls.

On May the 4th 1891, Sherlock Holmes had his famous showdown with professor Moriarty here, and as long as you are in Meiringen, you won’t be allowed to forget it. A little funicular takes us up to the falls.

Here’s the waterfall.

We hike up to the top. Views back to Meiringen.

That was a big day, and we’re really looking forward to dinner.

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Ali had a rare night off yesterday, so we went for drinks in the Tanne. Today was all about domestics – we hauled our recycling up to the village and Val went to the hairdressers. This afternoon she is doing her German class while I catch up with my Tripadvisor reviews. We’ll be up early tomorrow for another mini-holiday, so I’d better start packing.