Day 11 - Murren

Well... today might have beat out all of our other favorite days! Today was just perfect and beautiful!

We left Lucerne this morning and took a two hour train ride to Interlaken, Switzerland. We then took another short train and a gondola up to Murren. Yes, we had to take a gondola up to the town we are staying in - how cool is that! Took one last short train to the end of the town where we got off for our hotel. Murren is a small little town and is just what we all needed. To walk from one side to the other is like 15 minutes and there is no one here!

The mountains here are so beautiful. You can see them from anywhere in the city. The pictures we are getting are so pretty! We got all checked into our hotel and settled before heading up to one of the mountain peaks around here. We took a stroll through the town to the other end before catching a gondola up to the mountain peak - Schilthorn. This is not just any old mountain though - it is where some of the James Bond movies were filmed. So on the top of the peak they have a exhibit with James Bond stuff (all before Amber and Kevin's time)! Again, the views were breathtaking! We could have stayed up there all day long!

We headed back down and freshened up before heading to dinner. Since it was Eileen's birthday, we wanted to do something that she would remember. So we had dinner at our hotel and we did fondue! Nothing better than traditional Swiss fondue in Switzerland with the mountains behind us! We had a very nice time and spent over two hours eating. We started off with the most amazing cheese fondue and then had the traditional broth fondue with an assortment of meats. It was quite delicious :)

After dinner, we went out to a little deck area of our hotel and watched the moon rise and shine over the mountains. Good some absolutely stunning photos today of the mountains. It was a relaxing day and all four of us love this little town feel with the mountains surrounding you!

Tomorrow we are here as well and will head to another side of the mountain range. That is all that is on the agenda but we will stroll through the town some more.

Distance Walked: 4.72 miles

Love,
Erv, Eileen, Kevin, and Amber

 This was our view this morning in Lucerne. It had been pretty cloudy until this morning - how beautiful is this photo!!

 Some views from our train ride into Interlaken today.

Kevin and his mom, Eileen, on the train.

 Views from the train.

 View from the deck of our hotel!! Can't argue with this photo - I think the cow makes it through.

 Erv and Eileen's new favorite spot in the whole wide world - amazing views from this spot.

 Love!

View from Schilthorn.

 Kevin and Amber at Schilthorn.

The town we are staying in, Murren. Again, a traditional Switzerland town. The mountains just surround you!

The Corcoran clan at dinner!

 Fondue!!!

 Nighttime view from the deck of our hotel.

Serenity.