June 11, 2003 – Wednesday

Ice Tunnels


Today we got up very early to go to JungFrauJoch, which is apparently the highest point to travel in Europe. (I don’t think its actually the highest point, just the highest inhabitable point that still provides phone service.)

We got really confused on one of the trains and ended up getting off at the wrong stop. We were supposed to go to Interlaken Ost, but went to Interlaken West, the stop just before it. We bought tickets for the JungFrauBahn from this really rude guy who ended up overcharging us both by about 15 CHF each. In all the confusion, we missed our train, and were delayed another hour.

We eventually made it to the top of the mountain, by about 1pm. We visited the Ice Palace, which basically consists of ice sculpture, and was very cool. (Literally as well.) When we walked out onto the plateau, we sunk down into the ice a few times and had to pull each other out. But we got (what we hope are) some amazing pictures.

It was our last night in Switzerland, and ended with a dinner at my grandmother’s apartment, where we all exchanged emails and numbers and promised to write.