Waterfall and Wine tower

Tuesday—Last day in Switzerland

Since yesterday’s trip to the top of the mountain was so overcast and foggy, our guide decided on another try. This time we went on Mt. Grendelwald. We spent 30 minutes in a cable car getting to the top of the mountain.


The sun was shining and the mountain was stunning.





It was colder than “who'd a’ thought it”, but not as cold as yesterday. There wasn’t much to DO on top of this mountain except look and take pictures, so we headed back down after spending just a while on top.

We then drove to Trumnelbachfalle which is a huge waterfall INSIDE a mountain. Actually here 10 glacier fed waterfalls meet and carve out the center of the mountain. It carries 20,000 liters of water per second. I tried to get video of this, but I’m not sure I was able to get much because the lighting was so dim. We’ll see .............




Later we stopped at the monument for William Tell. Our guide told us the story we have heard most of our lives, and then at the end said, “But it is not true, just a story told to children”.



I’ve been collecting unusual words in German to share with you, but I’ll have to go back thru all my notes, so that'll probably happen on the LONG trip back or Thursday, my recuperation day.

After being delivered to the Radisson Blue which is attached to the airport, we settled in. We figured how to use our electrical adapters, because this hotel has different outlets than any we’ve seen so far in Switzerland.

We walked around to scope out where to go in the morning to check in for our flight, and then decided we were hungry. Back at the Raddison, we ate at a frou-frou place where the waiter exchanged one fork for another, because of what was ordered. And both forks looked alike to me.

The main attraction in the lobby of the hotel, which was open to our restaurant was a 40 foot high wine tower. Bottles of wine were stored, on their sides, all the way up, with the most expensive wines at the top. A pretty young woman in a skimpy costume and a “flying” harness was dispatched to fly up to the level where the wine you ordered was and pluck it out of the storage unit (all this behind glass, with flashing colored lights). It was entertaining to watch, but we did not purchase any, so she did not bring any to our table.
After a good and entertaining meal, we headed back upstairs. The alarm will go off at 5, breakfast is at 6, we check in with the airline at 7 and then don’t do anything but wait until 9:30 or so (2:30 am Texas time)

I’ll finish this in a day or two with pictures and added information about words, food, hotels, dogs, stories, etc. Stay tuned for the rest of the story.