Swiss Alps Village - Gimmelwald, Switzerland - Part II

When Catherine and I left the peak of the Schilthorn, we went halfway down the mountain to a small village called Gimmelwald.

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Video of Catherine in Gimmelwald. Click on the play arrow to view.

Catherine Speaks! This is Gimmelwald and here are some cows with their bells ringing!

The hillsides were covered in wildflowers.

The cows were wearing cow bells and we could hear the bells ringings as we hiked around Gimmelwald.


A small cafe near the hostel made for a restful place for a refreshment.

Outside the hostel there was a telephone booth converted to a shower.

A cheese house set on stilts to keep out the mice.

Even the water troughs were decorated with flowers.

We took the gondola back to the valley.

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Swiss Alps Village - Gimmelwald, Switzerland

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Welcome to Gimmelwald, a small village high in the Swiss Alps.

When Catherine and I left the peak of the Schilthorn, we went halfway down the mountain to a small village called Gimmelwald.

We spent the afternoon hiking around this village.

An attractive wooden water trough decorated with a flower pot.

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Gimmelwald, the small Swiss village in the Alps.




The sign for the mountain hostel with a wooden water trough turned into a planting box.

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Mountain meadow near Gimmelwald. The hills were covered in spring flowers.

I tried to get a picture of the cows on the mountainside, but the cows turned the wrong way!

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In the background is the small school for the Swiss village of Gimmelwald. There is a married couple in town that share the one teaching position for this village.

Catherine thinks the cows smell bad!

We loved seeing the cows and hearing their cow bells high in the alps.

Photo in front of Walter's Hotel Mittaghorn.

We asked one of the guests outside if he thought it was O.K. for us to use the restroom inside Walter's Hotel Mittaghorg. He said the fellow that owns the place is a bit of a curmudgeon and the guest thought he would give us a hard time. So we continued to hike down to the village of Gimmelwald.

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Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland - The Alps

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Welcome to the Alps.

When we left Murten, Switzerland we drove to the the Bernese Oberland in the alpine heart of Switzerland.

View from the car on the way to Lauterbrunnen.

On the way to Lauderbrunnen we stopped at Wilderswil to check a map. When we opened the windows, Catherine and I heard the bells on the cows. Catherine said "We are in Switzerland".


This is taken in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland where we stayed. It is near the Interlaken area and nestled between two large mountain areas. On one side is the Eiger / Monch /Jungfrau and the other is the Schilthorn, which we explored during our stay. At the southern end of Lauterbrunnen is the Staubbach falls. The falls are about 980 feet long, the highest in Switzerland. This is taken from the parking lot of our hotel, the Hotel Staubbach.

A lamb in a field near the hotel in lauterbrunnen.

We caught a gondola (cable car) heading to Murren and the mountain Schilthorn.

View inside the gondola.









The first stop on the gondola is Gimmelwald.











Then on to the alpine town of Murren.














Mount Schilthorn.





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