Wednesday (June 23). The Jungfrau is out, visible from our apartment window! Today we went to the mountains, to Schynige Platte. We bought some sandwiches and a 1.5 liter bottle of water, then headed for the Interlaken West station, where we caught a bus to the village of Wilderswil, then bought round-trip tickets (29 francs--$26--apiece, taking into consideration a 50 percent discount due to our Swiss Pass) on the cog railway to Schynige Platte. Wilderswil is about 1900 feet above sea level. Schynige Platte is above 6000 feet.
Mary Joy had wanted to do the 10-mile, 6½ hour hike from Schynige Platte to First, but Margot had strongly discouraged that: it would be long and strenuous, with ups and downs and some difficult footing. Instead, we walked the “Panoramaweg” (“Panorama Trail”), which was strenuous enough! The views were spectactular: The Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau and their associates to the south, the Brienzersee, Boedeli and Thunersee to the north.
We left Interlaken at 9:27, got to Schynige Platte at 10:57, walked, had lunch on some rocks
around 12:20, walked back, caught the train down at 3:01, and were down in Interlaken, having coffee and cake at Confiserie-Tea Room Rieder (a distant relative, maybe?), by 4:30. Later, we had a very pleasant dinner with Albert and Kathi at the See Hotel in Boenigen, on the shores of the Brienzersee.
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