Hotel Gletshcergarten

We stayed at "Hotel Gletschergarten" in Grindelwald for three nights. The hotel was very cozy and the owner couple were very kind. They gave us lots of advice  for trips around in town.

 Hotel Gletschergarten with beautiful flowers

 The cozy and clean bedroom

 The deck of our room

The picturesque views from our deck

We enjoyed dinner at our hotel; it was good!

 We enjoyed the pretty scenes through the windows, too!

We loved this hotel! It was nice memory for us to spend at a good hotel like this in the last days in Swiss Alps.

Montreux~ Zweisimmen~ Interlaken Ost~ Grindelwald

We moved on to Grindelwald from Montreux by trains. We were very lucky to buy panorama seats from Montreux to Zweisimmen; we enjoyed beautiful scenes, although it was raining.

                                                   

From my seat in the panorama car

A view through the window

 Impressive tunnel 

We changed trains at Zweisimmen and Interlaken Ost.

                          
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It took about 4 hours from Montreux to Grindelwald.
Grindelwald is in Jungfrau Region and it is the starting point for Eiger. There are many hiking trails across the Alps. We were looking forward to hiking there!

local train to Grindelwald

Grindelwald station surrounded by mountains

Vevey

2012/8/5

My husband wanted to visit a chocolate shop called "Poyet" in Vevey which was also on a broadcast in Japan. The owner was very kind and friendly.

Chaplin's shoes chocolate

Charlie Chaplin lived with his wife and children in Vevey; I was sorry that we didn't have a time to visit a park with a figure of Chaplin. The city was attractive; I wish I could visit there again.

Chocolate Train

2012/8/4

We took the Chocolate Train. It was €99, but it was €69 thanks to our Swiss Pass. Swiss Passes are sold either for 4, 8, 15, 22 days or one month. It was available to use trains and buses during a trip in Switzerland. We bought a 8 day pass.

Chocolate Train; the deluxe carriages run between Montreux and Gruyere region. Gruyere is famous for producing cheese. We were drawn to the chocolate train because to us chocolate and cheese seemed symbolic of Switzerland.
The tour visited a Gruyere cheese factory, Gruyere village, and a Chocolate factory: Cailler. It was one day trip. We departured from Montreux at about 9:00 a.m. and returned to there at about 6:00 p.m. 

Gruyere cheese factory

Gruyere village

The Gruyere village was charming and pretty.

 We enjoyed Gruyere cheese at a restaurant in the village, a medical town.  

    Gruyere cheese salad (CHF 24)

 Hot cheese on toast (CHF 24)

the bread may be soaked in white wine

A very cute bike!

It was truly a cheese town.

Chocolate factory "Cailler"

chocolates!

We enjoyed the train; it was nice experience. However, honestly, I don't recommend it in the summer. The train didn't have air conditioning, and we couldn't open the windows very far. It was too hot in the train.

Zermatt~ Montreux

2012/8/3

We moved on to Montreux from Zermatt by train; it took about two and a half hours to get there.

                                 
                              
When we arrived at Montreux; it was around 5:00 p.m. already; it was not dark yet, so we decided to visit the Chillon Castle. The castle is located on the shores of Lake Geneva.

It was hot in Montreux. Our hotel was in front of Lake Leman. The sunset over the lake was amazing. 

Sweets and food

August 1, 2012

My husband wanted to visit a chocolate shop called "Fuchs" in Zermatt since  he had seen the shop on TV. He brought photos of the TV program to the staff as a present.

 in front of "Fuchs"

She was very glad to receive them and she served us Matterhorn chocolates and coffee, which was same as what we had seen on TV.

Matterhorn chocolates and coffee

They are very cute!

August 2, 2012

My husband found a restaurant in a guidebook. We tried to go there, but we got lost.

After a hiking in the mountains, we finally found a sign for the restaurant.

Everything was perfect, from the service, the food and the view of the Matterhorn. It was worth the hike there and back.

With Matterhorn in the background

 It looks pretty!

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We enjoyed it.

Good bye, my camera!

August 3, 2012


The Matterhorn Glacier Paradise:3883m. We went up to there by ropeways.

 a scene through the window of the ropeway

Matterhorn Glacier Paradise

Many people was enjoying ski.

We went to Glacier Palace. 

It occurred there. It was very cold in the palace. I took out my scarf and put on it around my neck while having my camera on my wrist. I noticed that I didn't bring my camera with me when we had coffee 20 minutes later. I was very overwhelmed to learn that I lost my camera. I couldn't find it, although I followed our routes. I didn't know where I lost it. However! Look at this picture! My camera fell to left of my feet and you can see it in a picture that my husband took me with his camera. Oh, my God!
It was too shocking to remember other memories.