Swtz08 - Swiss Alps . Schilthorn . Piz Gloria +

Heading  into  the  Clouds
This is our  . .  MOUNTAIN  . .  day
( mountains are,  of course,  in every direction in Switzerland )

Short walk from our Hostel downhill to  CABLE  ride for  1st leg  of journey as far as . .  Murren

Several little villages . . and train stops as we continue up up up.
Living on these slopes  . .  looks like a big challenge  . .  to put it mildly.

After a good chunk of  TRAIN  we get on  1st  of  2  more  CABLE  rides . . higher and higher

Temperature  is  dropping  as  we  rise

Could be worse . . layers help . . and warm places to dip into are here and there
(remember . . we've come from Arizona's 100+ degree Fahrenheit)

3 degrees . . must be . . Celsius 

Just  to  prove   WE   were  here  (!)
At this point we are at  . .  9,744  feet  altitude

The Day is clear enough to actually see mountains . . we're fortunate.   And the clouds keep shifting

This    9,700+  foot location  is  . . Schilthorn
Matterhorn  (close to Italian border)  . .  is Switzerland's highest

Everyone's willing to snap photos for everyone else






There's a "word" for this  (besides 'Photo Point')
Narrow walkway  . .  is attached to the side of the cliff . . and it goes  ON  and  ON.
We go  ON  and  ON  for quite a while





"THRILL  WALK"





Up  .  Down  .  and  Around





Several   Walking Trails   are visible






Rusty  (or is it Wrinkles)  decided to
WALK   the  WIRE
Yes . . it swings and sways  (video would show it better)






James Bond  . .  has a  'connection'  here  . .






Film  FINALE  needed  isolated  . .  location






The  OUTER  several feet of   . .  Piz Gloria Restaurant  . .  REVOLVE
taking in the 360 degree view
every 50 minutes or so.
We enjoyed a simple meal  . .   James Bond - related !
( PIZ = "Romansh" for  "peak" )






It's an impressive place  . .  one I'll chalk up to   my  #77 !






A word from the Birthday Girl  . .  How about something brainy like . .
"It's better than  . .  NO Birthday !"
. . in addition to
"This is 1 way to 'get high' in a fresh air kind of way"






There's  more . .
We return to Lauterbrunnen
and go up the other side  . .  of this deep valley





Some of these stretches must use
COGWHEEL  Trains






THIS  GUY  . .  can never get   TOO  MUCH  . .  "Train"






On the way to  KLEINE  SCHEIDEGG  . .  one  of several stops was in
WENGEN
very inviting  1st Impression  !






Views  . .  as we ride the . . COGS






KLEINE  SCHEIDEGG
town is a uniquely important jumping off place to head up to
JUNGFRAUJOCH
( for a VERY hefty price . . and today those who decide to Pay the Piper
are not going to get their money's worth )
K.S. town is  the  CLOSEST  POINT . . ( without taking the train through the tunnel for mega $ )
to see the famous
Moench  (monk)    .    Eiger  (monster)   .   Jungfraujoch  (young maiden /virgin)
3 peaks with one or more stories related to
the  MONK  . . protecting  the  . .  JUNGFRAU  from  the  . . (ogre)  MONSTER







JUNGFRAUBAHN  . .   makes many daily trips to the . . JUNGFRAUJOCH





Switzerland  is one country where visitors don't need to  BUY  "Water"  . .
Pipes and Fountains everywhere are . . 'yours' for the Filling   ( of your container )
As you can imagine . .  it's  ICY  cold !





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Interlaken  and  Luzern  are coming up next.