Our first stop was in Berne so we could see another LDS temple. I love the white building – it looks so crisp and clean!
We stayed in Lauterbrunnen, a town with a population of about 2,500 people. The whole town only takes up a two-mile stretch in a little valley in the Alps, and yet that valley has over 70 waterfalls tumbling down into it.
But it did snow while we were there, so I had to buy a beanie and gloves to keep warm! Normally, I hate being cold. But it was so pretty and serene that I didn’t even mind!
There were also rivers and lakes all around, where the water from the waterfalls ran into.
The water was crystal clear and looked so gorgeous!
We took a cable car to see some of the nearby towns – and one of them was the cable car used in a James Bond movie!
And I made friends with the locals… or at least the local horses!
Lauterbrunnen is part of the Jungfrau region. That might not mean anything to you {because I’d never heard of it before going on this trip either!} but the Jungfrau region is famous for a train line they built in the early 1900s that goes up to one of the peaks in the Alps, making it the highest elevation you can reach by train in all of Europe.
There was a section indoors that was entirely ice! {You guessed it... I was freezing.}
And at the of the ice section, we were outside – literally up in the Alps! From here, we could see France and Germany. It was crazy!
Our last day in Switzerland, we went to Lucerne and took a boat across the lake. Have I mentioned that everything in Switzerland looks immaculate? Because it is. The views from the lake were amazing everywhere we looked!
And finally, we went to Lugano for the afternoon. Even though we were still in Switzerland, it was amazing how Italian this city was. Things like gelato stands and pizza shops everywhere {I’m not complaining!} and people were speaking Italian instead of German.
And one of the best part of Switzerland... the chocolate! Yes, those are sheets of pure Swiss chocolate. YUM!
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