On Tuesday my friend went back to work so I was left to my own devices. The freezing (well not quite 4 degrees) and wet start to the day suggested I’d be staying home, but happily after I’d finished my washing, updated the blog and chatted to Mum and Dad, the day fined up and I headed out for a walk through the forest down the hill to Meiringen.
SO beautiful! The path goes straight past the front of our house, so it was easy to find and follow.
I headed first for a viewing area (Muhlefluh) which looks out over the valley with Meiringen nestled at the bottom and has a beautiful view of Reichenbach Falls and the surrounding Alpes. lovely.
From there I continued down the hillside, passing under the gondola wires, to an amazing gorge called Alpbachschlucht. I walked up to the gorge and across a little bridge (bright red) which crosses it. The bridge is very high up the mountainside and the views to Meiringen and the Alpes are incredible.
After the bridge, the climb gets interesting... Once again the recent rain had caused the waterfall to be really big and flowing rapidly. All the water caused the track (and by this I mean steps carved into the rock on the side of the cliff) to be wet and quite slippery! I was very pleased to have the cable attached to the rock as a hand rail all the way up!
Once again the noise was impressive and the views difficult to describe!
I continued walking down the mountainside to Meiringen, a very sweet little town nestled in the valley.
I had some lunch, bought and sent some postcards and headed for the gondola for the ride home.
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