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| nuthatch | profile | all galleries >> Alpine driving loop >> Berner Oberland, Switzerland | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 leaving Liechtenstein, heading west into Switzerland... |
 ...we pass the Walensee |
 now heading south, we stop in the old town of Glarus |
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 heading south again |
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 and now you know where all that cheese comes from! |
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 climbing up the valleys, with company |
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 a roadside stop for rest and views, and a handful of wildflowers |
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 others appreciate them also |
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 water flowing down all the valleys |
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 many hidden villages... |
 ...way at the bottom of valleys |
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 another rest stop... |
 ...from the snaking roads |
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 at last we arrive in Lauterbrunnen, in the Bernese Highlands |
 it's in a tight valley, with 70 waterfalls |
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 up above, the Jungfrau and other mountains keep watch thru the clouds |
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 night falls late in the valley |
 the next morning, a cog train up toward the peaks |
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 cows everywhere in the meadow grasses |
 at Kleine Scheidegg, the mountains are only occasionally visible |
 Eiger is almost hidden by mist |
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 and it rains for a while |
 taking a different route down via Grindelwald, Eiger comes into view |
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 down in Lauterbrunnen again, to do laundry and browse the architecture |
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 the next day, with overcast skies, we head toward Interlaken and the Brienzer See |
 mist hangs over the lake |
 an old part of the town of Brienz |
 wrapping around toward Giessbach |
 we follow the narrow, twisting road above the lake |
 ...to the famous falls at the Geissbach resort |
 at the hotel, a 19th century gem |
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 walking the road up from the hotel |
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 back in the car, rounding the lake and looking toward Interlaken |
 back up in Lauterbrunnen |
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 dinner at the Silver-Horn restaurant! |
 an evening stroll back to our hotel |
 panorama: above the Linth river |
 panorama: in the Urne Alps |
 panorama: Kleine Scheidegg |