After yesterday’s glorious sunshine, the rain today came as a bit of a shock. It’s chilly too. We need to go to Interlaken for shopping anyway, so we’re not missing anything. Still no sign of any significant snow though. Fingers crossed.
We had a splendid dinner at the Cafe de Paris last night, so today we’d better do something to work off all those calories. A walk up to the Leiterhorn should do the trick. It’s quite a climb.
Views to the north – Interlaken.
And to the south.
We can loop back to the village on the forest roads – it’s a nice stroll.
A lovely afternoon in the sunshine.
Our summer passes are still good, so we can do touristy stuff. High above Interlaken is Harder Kulm, a restaurant and viewpoint. We get there on a funicular.
Hot drinks keep the cold out.
Spectacular sunset over the lake.
Once the sun went down we headed for the pub, and later we’ll have dinner at the Cafe de Paris.
It rained last night, with snow not far above the village, and today it’s cold. I popped up to the Co-op this morning for bread, and this afternoon Val’s new phone arrived. Apparently it draws a map of her face instead of the usual fingerprint for security.
Getting that set up will doubtless take the rest of the day.
The restaurant at Allmend opens at weekends if the weather’s nice, so we head off up the hill. It’s quite a stiff walk.
Half of the village had the same idea.
The walk was well worth it, we had delicious pumpkin soup. Apparently this is the last fine day for a bit, so it was nice to be out in the sunshine.
Val had a marathon German session this morning, and while she was doing that a locksmith was hard at work. 5 new keys for us, 3 for Colin and 1 for the caretaker.
Up in the village it’s a busy Saturday, with lots of visitors enjoying the fine weather. Our cable car is closed for maintenance at the moment, and a big new TV showing which ski lifts are open has appeared outside.
It’s Saturday, so pub later perhaps.
The lovely weather continues, and this afternoon we had a walk down to the little hamlet of Wengwald. It’s very picturesque.
Beyond Wengwald is a viewpoint called Mönchblick, which literally means ‘view of the Mönch’. It’s a bit of a climb, but a bench awaits us.
And here’s the view.
The Mönch is the peak peeping out on the left. At 13,480 feet it is the second highest of our local mountains. The Jungfrau, on the right, is slightly higher at 13,642 feet.
We walked back up to the village to find Colin hard at work painting the outside of Central Sport. A nice afternoon in the sunshine.
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