Lucerne to Interlaken

Lucerne to Interlaken

After a leisurely breakfast we made our way once more to the Lucerne Station to catch our train to Interlaken.  The train had large picture windows so we had great views of the mountains and clear crystal lakes, the unusual colouring coming from the fresh ice melt from the mountaintops.  

On the way to Interlaken

Our balcony

On arrival at Interlaken, we walked to our hotel and settled in.  The hotel room is huge, has views of the Alps and along the main street of Interlaken.  Everywhere, the gardens are abloom with plantings of annual flowers, and window boxes and flower boxes abound everywhere.  We have a balcony outside our room, the sides of which are planted with petunias and geraniums and the heady perfume from them wafts into our room. The temperature is quite warm we have our windows and door open to allow fresh breezes to flow in.

We went for a walk to explore Interlaken.  Almost every shop is selling watches, very expensive well known named watches.  It must be a very lucrative business catering to the international tourist trade.  Para-gliding is the number one activity available in the town and throughout the day, flyers have been landing in the park across from our hotel, as many as nine at a time.   They were still flying at 8.30 at night.

The main street in Interlaken

Looking towards Mt Jungfrau

 We ate at a popular pizza restaurant across from the hotel which had a fine oom-pah band playing. They were lovely to listen to. From our room we can still hear the band entertaining the diners.  We know we are in Switzerland with this music.

View from our balcony just before posting