Lauterbrunnen Day 2 & 3

1. Lina & Ted the dog.
2. Trummelbach.
3. Murren mountain - restaurant in the snow.
4. Seilpark.

Lina & Ted the dog

On the way out of the hotel while we were heading down to the Trummelbach Waterfalls we found ourself a little friend. Lina and Ted the dog met us. And that changed the day completely. As we ran through the fields I knew exactly what kind of dog I wanTed. Ted was a Canadian Labrador. He was huge, "buffely", energetic and exciTed but that's why I liked him, really.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some say that it's a small world, I disagree

 

 

 

 

Trummelbach

So, we walked on to Trummelbach Falls. When we finally got there we went up to a lift system like this to half way up inside the mountain.

 

 

Those guys in the lift are us

 

 

 

 

 

First I walked up the stairs next to the left to see the first 2 waterfalls - they thrashed and crashed like nothing I have ever seen. I realised the second waterfall's water was creating the first waterfall... If this was true then what was feeding water into the second waterfall. I decided to ponder about this in the lift up.

(Now I'll tell you about the Trummelbach while we go up)

Trummelbach falls are famous because they are 10 waterfalls inside a mountain. Both of these facts nearly blew me out of my socks they were so amazing. Another fact is that 20,000 litres of water per second comes down the falls and this is water from the 3 big mountains - the Eiger, the Münch and the Jungfrau.

(Now we are at the top of the lift)

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favourite fall was the corkscrew because of the way the pressure of the original waterfall has shaped the rock in a way that makes it go round - not like a whirlpool down but a whirlpool sideways. You can see on the video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a great afternoon up in the town of Murren too but now I want to tell you about the Seilpark in Interlaken the next day.

 

 

 

The Seilpark

We heard about the Seilpark from two Canadians we met on our way to Dubrovnik and it sounded awesome. The Seilpark might be the best outdoor adventure I've ever been on because it made you rely on your own skills such as courage, strength and balance. Even though it was tricky getting the harness on it was really fun. You got to go through tunnels, slide across zip lines and climb across unsteady planks of wood. I don't think I would have been as good with the zip lines if I hadn't already tried zip lining in New Zealand.

 

I was a tiny bit short to go on the adults courses so I went on 3 courses for kids - the Lizard, the Mountain goat and the Butterfly. You do these courses completely unassisted and you are up to 10 metres off the ground. It was completely safe because your harness couldn't become unattached by mistake. There was a magnetic system that made sure one of your safety lines was always attached. But they had a clever system at the very end - the last rope was cut in half so you could release. Otherwise I would still be stuck there in the trees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to Lauterbrunnen for dinner and washing clothes because we leave tomorrow to go to Bern - capital of Switzerland.