Today's big activity was taking a train to the alpine village of Grindelwald. It took us about an hour to get there and the trip involved switching trains a couple of times on the way up. There was incredible scenery along the way and especially after we left Interlaken. It was nice to see so many of our boys snapping photos - yes, the scenery was that fantastic.
Even though Grindelwald is only about 4,000 feet above sea level, it appears much taller because of mountains surrounding it. They are incredible. The boys roamed the shops of this alpine town and found a place to eat in small groups. A few bought souvenirs.
Even though Grindelwald is only about 4,000 feet above sea level, it appears much taller because of mountains surrounding it. They are incredible. The boys roamed the shops of this alpine town and found a place to eat in small groups. A few bought souvenirs.
A view out the train window as we approached Grindelwald.
Ice cream treat after dinner in Bern. We had a rest hour after we got back into town from our excursion. Boys were invited to come to a meeting at 5 PM to discuss the days after Barcelona. About five boys showed up (out of 17). Those there had very definite opinions about where they wanted to go next and that led to some good discussions.It's still going to be impossible to get to but a handful of places and I hope, in the end, boys will be pleased with the choices made by the other boys. The adult leaders do offer suggestions, but the boys want to make this "their" trip.
All we know at this moment is we're going to Barcelona tomorrow afternoon. The trip will involve a couple of short trains in the late afternoon and then around 9 P.M. we'll get onto our overnight sleeper train which will arrive in Barcelona on Wednesday morning. We do have reservations there for two nights.
Please know that there will be no blog posts for sure tomorrow night unless the train has wi-fi. I'm not counting on that. Supposedly the hotel where we're headed will have wi-fi, but that's never really known until we attempt to log in.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we'll be exploring Bern's cultural side.
Click to check out some photos from out trip.
All we know at this moment is we're going to Barcelona tomorrow afternoon. The trip will involve a couple of short trains in the late afternoon and then around 9 P.M. we'll get onto our overnight sleeper train which will arrive in Barcelona on Wednesday morning. We do have reservations there for two nights.
Please know that there will be no blog posts for sure tomorrow night unless the train has wi-fi. I'm not counting on that. Supposedly the hotel where we're headed will have wi-fi, but that's never really known until we attempt to log in.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) we'll be exploring Bern's cultural side.
Click to check out some photos from out trip.
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