We then traveled with Mary and family to Wengen, Switzerland for 5 days. We flew into Geneva and then rented a car and had lunch with some of Tom's friends in Montreux. Then we drove through the mountains to Lauterbrunnen where we parked our car in a garage and boarded the cog train for Wengen. It was about a 20 minute train ride up the mountain to the small town of Wengen. We were hoping this would be the most relaxing part of the trip for Susan but due to her pregnant condition it was likely the roughest and most stressful part. Wengen was gorgeous and we do hope to go back one day when Susan is not pregnant. Wengen was super hilly and the hills were steep so this meant hoofing it up the hill anytime we wanted to leave the hotel. No cars are allowed in Wengen so everything was done on foot. We had hoped to take the cog train up to the Jungfrau which is a mountain peak that you can see from Wengen but the weather conditions were bad and the train up there was closed. We did take the cog train up a few more stops and had lunch and a closer look at the mountain top. The hotel we stayed in was nice but they were rustic accommodations - the rooms were small and very simple. They were fine but very hard on Susan as the bed was pretty low - it may as well have been a mattress on the floor. So it was hard to get up from the bed and Susan gets up at least 4x a night now to pee! Otherwise, the hotel would have been fine. One day we spent in Interlaken which is a larger town down the mountain from Wengen. Joe found what he thought was an easy hike to a cave - he actually didn't think it was a hike at all but more of a bus ride there and that the cave was right there for you to see. So we decided to go there - turns out he was wrong. We took an hour bus ride out to this cave, then hiked up a hill that was straight up and included many stairs. Got to the entrance of the cave and found you can only see it via a tour and it is 1km into the cave to include 297 stairs and then 1 km out of the cave, again to include 297 stairs. We thought Susan was going to give birth in that cave. She was fine going in but coming out was hard as it was very slippery and she almost slipped and fell a few times. She was toast the rest of the day - could barely move and was just really tired - we think she overdid it that day. The cave was nice and all but had she realized how strenuous it would be while pregnant, she probably would have skipped it.
My apologies if some of the pictures are a bit out of order - I am aware of that but it's a pain in the butt to move them around on this blog!
Enjoy the pics of the beautiful scenery around Wengen and our cave hike in Interlaken:
Pic 1: A town shot of Wengen.
Pic 2: Another shot of the town of Wengen.
Pic 3: Joe and Susan in Wengen with mountain top views behind us of the Jungfrau.
Pic 4: A waterfall that we had a good view of from Wengen.
Pic 5: The town of Wengen.
Pic 6: The town of Wengen.
Pic 7: The view from Wengen.
Pic 8: The town of Wengen taken from Kleine Scheidegg which was a couple stops on the cog train above Wengen.
Pic 9: A panoramic shot from Kleine Scheidegg.
Pic 10: Another panoramic shot taken from Kleine Scheidegg.
Pic 12: A night shot in the town of Wengen.
Pic 13: A night shot of our hotel in Wengen.
Pic 14: Another night shot of Wengen.
Pic 15: Another night shot of the town of Wengen.
Pic 16: Panoramic shot from the train ride up to Kleine Scheidegg.
Pic 17: Panoramic shot of Wengen.
Pic 18: Another panoramic shot from Kleine Scheidegg.
Pic 19: Another shot from the cog train on our way back to Wengen. You can barely make out a small little town towards the hills on the right - that is Wengen.
Pic 20: Picture taken from a church in Wengen looking down into the valley below.
Pic 21: A close up shot of the mountain tops taken from Kleine Scheidegg.
Pic 22: Another close up of the mountain tops taken from Kleine Scheidegg.
Pic 23: The cave entrance to St. Beatus cave in Interlaken, Switzerland.
Pic 24: This was taken at about the half way point of our hike up the mountain.
Pic 25: Joe and Suz getting a pic on our way up the mountain to the cave.
Pic 25: Joe and Suz getting a pic on our way up the mountain to the cave.
Pic 26: Susan after the cave excursion with the view of Lake Thuner See in Interlaken in the background. No pics were allowed inside the cave unfortunately.
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