The Top of Europe

Being at the top of the Jungfrau felt like being at the top of the world, never mind Europe! We were at the station at 6.30 a.m. trying to beat the crowds. We took the first train, which was full, and we met a lovely American couple, who were very well travelled.

When we got to the connecting train, it was a scramble to get on board for a seat, in spite of it being the earliest train of the day.

On the way up, we stopped twice at windows cut into the Eiger wall to provide view points. It was quite an experience. At the second stop we were at the bottom of the Aletsch glacier, so I took a photo, of course!

We were so lucky to get a good day! Everywhere you went, the views were spectacular. We started at a viewpoint looking over the glacier. Because it was our first stop, we were overwhelmed by the beauty. It was nice that the snow was still there. The sun was out, the sky was blue,  and the snow was blinding!

The next stop was "snow fun". The toboggan run wasn't ready but there were people flying about on a zip wire, and lots more getting ready to go ski-ing, walking or climbing. Our bit of fun was sitting in some nice seats and having a cup of tea outside in the snow!

 There was also an ice palace with some great ice sculptures. Below is a pic. of Tony walking in the ice tunnel.

We ate lunch inside, overlooking glorious views, then went to the final outside viewpoint, where we had the best views ever of the the three peaks, the Eiger, the Monch and the Jungfrau.

I could have stayed there all day, but we had forgotton our sunglasses, and we were a bit dizzy because of the height. Also, the crowds were becoming unmanageable at this point. We manged to get down without facing a crush, relecting on what a great day it had been. We have been wanting to do this for some time, and we are both glad that we decided on this for our last trip of this kind in our trusty van.