I suppose no trip to Switzerland would be complete without a quick peek at one or two mountains. Indeed a quick peek it was.
We chose last Thursday to visit the Jungfrau region, and the day started warm and sunny. Having packed a few previously prepared sandwiches and plenty to drink into various rucksacks, of we went.
Upon arriving at Grindelwald the sun was burning fiercely down upon us, and with much excitement about the spectacular view of the Eiger, we eagerly rubbed sun cream into our parched, leathery skins (actually they were neither parched nor leathery, but I thought it sounded more adventurous somehow).
Gliding silently up the mountain side in the gondola towards Männlichen, clouds formed and carefully blocked the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau from our searching gaze.
Nevertheless, everything went well, the picnic was most welcome and thanks to a few breaks in the cloud we did manage to get a picture or two of a distant summit.
I decided to document today’s posting with B&W pictures because somehow they just seemed right.
- Alpine Scene: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/5.6; 1/200; ISO 100; Developed with GIMP
- Mountain Train: Panasonic DMC-LX2; f/4; 1/125; ISO 100; Developed with GIMP