The Alps: The Top of Jungfrau, Switzerland

We took a train from Kleine Scheidegg (rectangle) to the top of Jungfrau (oval). Train passes through tunnels in mountains.	Kleine Scheidegg - we took a train from here to the top of Jungfrau	Train going from Kleine Scheidegg to the top of Jungfrau. Train line built over 16 years (round the clock), starting in 1896.
Train station at the top of Jungfrau. Highest rail station in Europe (11,333 ft.).	The Alps from the top of Jungfrau. This is the highest, generally accessible point in Europe (11,723 ft.).	Judy at the top of Jungfrau. This is the highest, generally accessible point in Europe (11,723 ft.).
Richard at the top of Jungfrau. This is the highest, generally accessible point in Europe (11,723 ft.).	The Alps from the top of Jungfrau - wonderful views of the "top of the world."	The Alps from the top of Jungfrau.
The Alps from the top of Jungfrau. Felt like we were in another world - a dark and foreboding cast to it all.	Alps from the top of Jungfrau. “Lucked out" with the weather - clear views. Snowstorm quickly obliterated our view on one side.	The Alps from the top of Jungfrau. (1)
Judy (silhouette) observing the Aletsch Glacier from the top of Jungfrau. Glacier is a 14 mile river of ice (longest in Europe).	Aletsch Glacier from top of Jungfrau. Ice and snow melt from glacier into Lake Geneva below & eventually into the Mediterranean.	Richard at the Eispalast (Ice Palace). These caverns were cut 65 feet below the Aletsch Glacier’s surface.
Judy at the Ice Palace. We walked within the “eternal ice - hewn out of the slowest moving sections of the Aletsch Glacier.	Richard at the Ice Palace. In the caverns, we literally were surrounded by ice on all sides, including above and below us.	Judy at the Ice Palace. Construction began in 1934 - subsequently enlarged and embellished with additional sculptures.