{"id":13397,"date":"2024-08-04T13:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T13:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13397"},"modified":"2024-08-04T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T14:19:34","slug":"happy-birthday-dave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=13397","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday Dave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last night we met Dave and Lesley, and caught the bus up the hill to restaurant Leugibr\u00fcggli. It\u2019s Dave’s birthday, so we splashed out on lovely steaks and a couple of bottles of wine. The views down to the lake are breathtaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Views back to Interlaken after dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This morning we caught the little cable car up to Pfingstegg again. This time we’re walking towards the lower glacier. Great views of Grindelwald from the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The path is steep and narrow in places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eventually we arrived at the gorge formed by the glacier. There\u2019s no ice down here anymore, but the meltwater from the glacier high above forms a river about 100 metres below us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s an old marble quarry at a place called Marmorbruch. Marble from here was transported to Bern for the construction of the parliament buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s also a restaurant at Marmorbruch. We stopped for lunch before our walk took us back to the valley floor and home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our host Wil has a pizza oven on the terrace of our chalet, so tonight we’re looking forward to home made pizzas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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