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$$$ Hallo from Interlaken, Switzerland $$$

We arrived Sunday morning after a night train from Florence, Italy. The Hotel we're staying in is Hotel Eiger. It is a small locally owned hotel that we found on the hotel information board conveniently located just outside the West Bahnhof (train station) in Interlaken. They provide free internet access (thus the reason for all the updates lately) and free ice. I highly recommend it to you all.

Here are some flowers nearby the hotel.


Yesterday we bought train tickets (had to because they are not covered by our Eurail Pass) up to the Schilthorn. Here's a live webcam if you want a first hand look. The Schilthorn is a building that has been placed way up in the mountains nearby Interlaken it is reachable by Gondolas. The views appear to be stunning when there are no clouds, we decided to go even though there was a cloud cover down here. A live feed from the Schilthorn is broadcast here in Interlaken, it allowed us to see what the views were like before going up. Our destination put us above the clouds for some spectacular views. To give you an idea of the altitude change we experienced Interlaken is around 500 (~1500 feet) meters above sea level and the Schilthorn is around 3000 (~10,000 feet) meters above sea level.

Here are some more pictures.

View on our way up to Schilthorn from the trolley car.



Here's a couple more pictures from the trolley car on our way up to Murren.



View from Murren a stop on our way up. Basically this was ski lodging town.


We ate lunch in the restaurant at the Schilthorn. It has a rotating eating area that lets you see all 360 degrees of the view every 50 minutes.

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The Schilthorn was in the James Bond movie released in 1968.