{"id":6465,"date":"2019-06-18T15:28:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6465"},"modified":"2019-06-18T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:57:39","slug":"giessbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6465","title":{"rendered":"Giessbach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another lovely day, and we&#8217;re off to lake Brienz. We catch the old paddle steamer &#8216;L\u00f6tschberg&#8217; from Interlaken Ost, and it drops us off at a place called Giessbach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6467 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170554.jpg\" width=\"2835\" height=\"1794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170554.jpg 2835w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170554-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170554-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170554-1024x648.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2835px) 100vw, 2835px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the lake shore there is a funicular up the mountain. We decide to walk &#8211; we&#8217;ll spend the fare on ice creams at the top. Eventually we reach the Grand Hotel Giessbach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175426.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-6475 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2376\" height=\"1669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175426.jpg 2376w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175426-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175426-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175426-1024x719.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2376px) 100vw, 2376px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hotel, however, is not our objective today. We&#8217;ve come to see the famous waterfalls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6469 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170822.jpg\" width=\"2268\" height=\"3239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170822.jpg 2268w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170822-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170822-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170822-717x1024.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2268px) 100vw, 2268px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We walk up the hill alongside the falls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6470 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170644.jpg\" width=\"3483\" height=\"2090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170644.jpg 3483w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170644-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170644-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170644-1024x614.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3483px) 100vw, 3483px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At one point we were behind the water.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175340.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-6476 alignnone size-full\" width=\"2815\" height=\"1802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175340.jpg 2815w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175340-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175340-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_175340-1024x656.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2815px) 100vw, 2815px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6472 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170800.jpg\" width=\"3149\" height=\"2268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170800.jpg 3149w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170800-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170800-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170800-1024x738.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3149px) 100vw, 3149px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got thoroughly soaked, but the falls are truly impressive. They tumble 500 metres down the mountain before crashing into the lake.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed our ice creams, and ambled back down to the lake where the steamer &#8216;Jungfrau&#8217; picked us up for the trip back to Interlaken.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6473 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170858.jpg\" width=\"2087\" height=\"1304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170858.jpg 2087w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170858-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170858-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190618_170858-1024x640.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2087px) 100vw, 2087px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another lovely day, and we&#8217;re off to lake Brienz. 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