Blogs from Wengen, South-West, Switzerland, Europe

Switzerland - Wengen, July 8-11, 2014 Our good luck with the weather finally gave out as we awoke to heavy rain in Zermatt on the 8th, reinforcing our appreciation of the great views we had enjoyed. We had five legs of train travel to reach Wengen near the scenic attractions of the Jungfrau. Our plans for the day kept evolving in consideration of the wet weather. One intermediate stop was Interlaken, and on the spur of the moment we decided to visit Jungfrau park there instead of going directly to Wengen. There were convenient lockers large enough to hold our big suitcases at the station, so we could proceed relatively unencumbered. Also convenient was the fact that bus 103 to Jungfrau Park left right from the train station. With the Swiss Flexi Pass, bus tickets are ... read more

HIKING HEAVEN IN WENGEN, SWITERLAND Wengen www.mywengen.ch Summer travels this year took us back to the delightful, car-free village of Wengen in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Situated high above the Lauterbrunnen valley, Wengen enjoys the most spectacular mountain views, including the emblematic Jungfrau massif. During the Summer season (May to October) Wengen is a hiker’s paradise with 500km of stunning mountain trails to explore. In Winter (December to April) Wengen becomes a thriving community to 10,000+ skiers, snowboarders, tobogganists, snow-shoe walkers and hikers. Wengen famously hosts the Lauberhorn Downhill Ski Race - the longest and most exciting on the world-cup circuit. HOTEL CAPRICE www.caprice-wengen.ch We stayed at Hotel Caprice, a charming chalet style hotel, with stunning views overlooking the Lauterbrunnen Valley. The hotel gave us a ... read more

The weather has cleared and the Eiger, Monch, Jungfrau and Wetterhorn mountains are out again in all their splendour. It looked like a good day to walk from Mannlichen to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Wengen, but, the track was closed. As the day wore on the mountains clouded over and the sun eventually disappeared. We instead, headed up to Grosse Scheidegg after lunch and walked to First which turned out to be all uphill. Being up high on the opposite side of the valley from the principal mountains is the best place to view them from. You are high enough to be on the same level as the glaciers and see just how much they have receded over the years. We remember taking the boys to the Upper Glacier and going into an ice cave. ... read more

This morning I woke up to the smell of pine trees, the birds chirping and the most stunning views of the snow-capped Swiss Alps. Today I'm in Wengen in south-west Switzerland. Most people on my tour have gone up 4000m to Jungfrau mountain but as it is -5° up there and I haven't brought a jacket with me on this trip, I decided to stay in the much more inviting 17° township. I have booked a 1hr masage at a beautiful wellness clinic here followed by an afternoon of sitting in the spas looking out the 360° views of the mountains. I can't wait! Yesterday we left the amazing Paris and it took 9hrs drive to get here eek! Paris was fabulous!! Spending only 1.5days there was not enough...the first night we arrived we did a ... read more

Can't actually remember the last time i wrote... oh wait just checked. So you don't know about the Love Boat. Well me, Portia, Patrick and Plum decided we would go on this night boat called the Love Boat. Does as it says on the tin. Mostly just had a good laugh at the others on the boat and ogled the spare fit guys who were lacking. All in all though an amusing night and the photos show the drunkenness of the others. Since then we had two birthdays last week; Dawn and Patrick. So we organised a BBQ. I say we, I mean Kuoni did. Didn't quite go as planned but nm. Had a pretty good night afterwards. In the usual place. Unfortunately patrick was playing the concerned friend so didn't quite make it past ... read more