Day 8 – Interlaken
at 4.31pmToday we walked. A lot. Since we discovered that we didn’t get any discounts on the railways up into the mountains we decided to walk it ourselves. The weather managed to hold out and not rain too much so after another delicious breakfast we headed out.
The walk took us across Interlaken through the village to Wilderswil and then up through the mountain lined valleys. Along the way we saw waterfalls pouring off the side of the mountains from the rain we had had.
The river through the valley was a huge torrent of water with many rapids. Our walk followed this river up the valley until we reached the village of Lauterbrunen.
From this point we decided to take the ‘mountain walk’ ( for experienced hikers only but I didn’t mention that)! After approximately an hour of climbing extreme slopes we decided that we would have to turn round in order to make it back before dark.
After lunch on the side of the mountain with amazing views of the other mountains (although unfortunately with their peaks shrouded by clouds) we descended back the way we came.
At about 6.30 we reached Interlaken and went for a well deserved meal, narrowly avoiding getting caught up in a restaurant with several coachloads of Japanese tourists.
We returned to the hotel with a total of 9 hours of walking behind us and surprisingly only one extra blister (to add to my collection). We were absolutely exhausted and I don’t think my feet have ever hurt so much. A well worthwhile day though - I wish we could stay a little longer.