{"id":11957,"date":"2023-07-04T13:43:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11957"},"modified":"2023-07-04T14:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:24:44","slug":"another-day-another-steamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11957","title":{"rendered":"Another day, another steamer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s another lovely day, and having enjoyed yesterday\u2019s boat trip we thought we\u2019d have another. This time we\u2019re on our other lake, the lake of Brienz. Leaving Interlaken we pass underneath the railway line that will bring us back this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first port of call is the village of B\u00f6nigen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A kayak school operates in B\u00f6nigen, and a couple of the instructors are Val’s winter ski school colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next stop is Ringgenberg. There’s just a hotel by the jetty, the rest of the village is up the hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our boat is the old paddle steamer ‘L\u00f6tschberg’. Great views from the upper deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our next port of call is the idyllic village of Iseltwald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Iseltwald was catapulted to global fame by the Korean TV series ‘Crash Landing on You’. It\u2019s on Netflix, and if you haven\u2019t seen it I wholeheartedly recommend that you do – it\u2019s a really gripping romantic drama. Our hero, the handsome Ri Jeong-hyeok\u00a0plays piano on this jetty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next stop, Giessbach, with a funicular railway to take guests up to the Grand Hotel which overlooks the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Approaching Brienz. This town is at the end of the lake, and we will disembark here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lake Brienz has a character that is completely different to that of lake Thun where we were yesterday. There are far fewer lakeside villages, and the banks rise steeply. It can feel quite isolated in places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We need some lunch, so we have a wander around the town. It’s very nice, with surprisingly few concessions to tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It doesn\u2019t take long to get home on the train. It\u2019s July the 4th, and Wengen is full of American visitors. Justin has decided to hold an Independence Day party in Rocks tonight, and we wouldn\u2019t want to miss that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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