Last Hurrah in Switzerland

We used our last Train Day Pass to travel to "Heidi" country in the Swiss Alps. It was a wonderful "icing on the cake" of our time in this beautiful country.

A tram took us to the traffic-free resort town of Mürren with origins from 1384. Lovely chalets, rustic hotels, and old-timers with walking sticks make this a really nice town to visit.

From Mürren, we took a long, smell-the-cows-and-goats, hear-their-bells, stroll downhill to the quiet farm village of Gimmelwald where we saw farmers hand raking their hay onto the tractor, visited two un-manned "honesty" shops.

From Gimmelwald we took the tram down to the Lauterbrunnen valley floor. Play this short video and ride along (keep watching to get the full impact of the experience). In Lauterbrunnen waterfalls gush out of the sheer cliffs that surround it.

Another train ride took us to Lake Thun where we boarded a boat for a lazy two-hour boat cruise. It was the perfect way to end our perfect day!! Switzerland is a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y breathtaking....from top to bottom, from nord to sud and from ost to west!!