Jungfrau

This weekend was amazing! We traveled to the alps on Saturday morning and to a train up to Jungfrau, the highest train station in Europe. We arrived 3,600 and so meters up (apx 10,800 feet) and went outside to the most amazing view I have ever seen. This makes Oregon mountains look like babies, the Rockies look like teenagers, and the Andes look like distant cousins. We went on a 30 minute hike (mostly uphill) to a restaurant where we ate lunch. I ended up hiking in a tank top because even though it was freezing outside the sun shone like cray and hiking with almost no oxygen is very hard. The cafe was adorable and I had a plate of cheese for lunch. You can see the picture bellow if you don't trust me. On the way back we attempted to sled down the hill on plastic bags, this resulted in wet clothes, many summer salts, and even more smiles. When we arrived back at our destination we toured the museum, walked around the ice palace (a tunnel carved into the glacier with surprisingly cool layers between summer and winter where you could s e the dirt between the ice, dad look at the picture bellow)  and lastly went to the huge chocolate store. Afterwards we took the train back down. When we arrived at the car we rode to our hotel. The hotels here are either  backpacking stops, or luxury hotels. There is no middle ground holiday in or even sketchy super 8. We had a delicious dinner, played some fuse ball and went to bed. The next morning we walked around town and over to the indoor swimming pool. I climbed (for the first time in 2 months) for a while, until my fingers were sore and my toed were as squished as a two year olds favorite stuffed animal, and then joined everyone else in the pool. We had a picnic outside, got some chocolate at the tasteless chocolate store in Switzerland, than headed out. On the way home we stopped at a cave and went on another hike. The cave was amazing and had an river inside of it. It was very cool to walk through. After this amazing weekend I am both extremely grateful for my host family, and extremely exhausted from so much fun! I will let the photos say what I could not put into words.

My lunch