Lauterbrunnen - rest day

Well....today must have been one of the biggest adventure days of our entire trip (actually...think it needs a separate post dedicated to it)....so I will start by going over what we did yesterday.

After the glorious sunshine on our arrival in Lauterbrunnen, yesterday dawned cold and wet. It stayed that way most of the day. To be honest this was a welcome relief - the thought of staying inside a warm chalet spending the day watching the changing face of the snow covered alps seemed pretty nice to me. Plus the chalet actually has a children's TV station in English so the girls were practically glued to it (after not having English TV since New York really - even Dublin had most of their kids TV in Gaelic)....and they needed a rest day really.

The morning view from the balcony...









We sat at watched the clouds coming down off the alps, the rain falling and stopping, the cows with bells in the paddock in front of us, the sheep (without bells) bleating in the paddock beside us.....it was very peaceful and very relaxing....

Sometime after lunch the rain cleared and we thought it was a good chance to do a bit of exploring. We decided to walk along the river and see how close we could get to the waterfall that we could see out of our bedroom windows. So we rugged up and headed off....

Walking along the river that runs beside our chalet...don't the clouds look amazing?

Our chalet is the one on the end of the row of 4 (on the right)

Over the bridge we go....

A cemetery with a view...and some beautiful flowers. This is the way cemeteries should be......

























We decided to climb the path that ran up the hill and under the waterfall. It was pretty steep and a bit slippery but we had our 'adventure hats' on and thought we'd give it a go....

Up we go......Eloise couldn't/wouldn't cope with the walk so super-dad Shane gave her a 'neckie' as he as often done this holiday.....

Through the tunnel.....

We made it! Right to the top and underneath the waterfall.....

The waterfall beside us.....

It gave us a great view of Lauterbrunnen village and our chalet (the one at about the middle of the river in the pic - at the end of the line of chalets right by the river)









After climbing back down we walked into the village to the only pub and had a drink before walking home for dinner. It was a lovely no-stress, relaxing day....
Shane and I sat on the balcony as it started to go dark and watched the clouds come falling down off the alps and towards the village...a lovely way to end the day.