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Day 5: Amazing Grindelwald

Grindelwald is a small Swiss village enclosed by majestic mountains on every side. It is beautiful all year round and I'm glad to have visit in summer where the meadows were green and flowers were in full bloom. 

Grindelwald First 
Amazingly, it snowed the night before and when we took the cable ride up to First, we were in winter wonderland. Just imagined, how excited we were to enjoy snow in this amazing summer. 

Greeny Meadows

At Winter Wonderland full of snow 

A few must visit places on First include the Tissot First Cliff Walk and the hike up to the Bachalpsee Lake. In fact, there were many activities up on First including the thrilling First Zipline, mountain bike or trotti bike. You can buy the all-inclusive ticket from the cable car station. 

When we got off at our very stop, we got this snowy view and instantly, I was feeling Oh-la-la....



The climate changed dramatically and soon, everywhere was foggy...

The fog was too thick when we reach the First Cliff Walk. We were not able to see the Fist Cliff which had look like the picture below. 


Instead, we had this......


As you can see, the mountain totally disappeared into the fog. It was just pitch white in front of me. Nevertheless, the First Cliff walk experience was a pretty enjoyable even in the fog!






 Bachalpsee Lake 
The hike to the Bachalpsee Lake was really no joke. We walked like ages in the cold and against the wind before reaching the lake. Thankfully, the lake was not frozen. It does look different in normal days without snow. I would say the white snow made the lake looked more magical.








The Magical Bachalpsee Lake



As we proceed to the next stop, we decided to have some fun with the First Glider, the newest activity at Grindelwald First. This is our next best option since the Grindelwald Rider was not in operation. It was really an awesome glide to and fro from the mountain, with snow slapping on our faces. Nonetheless, the experience was wonderful and the view from the top as we glided down was out-of-the-world.



Overall, it's pretty fun up at Grindelwald First. However, weather plays an important part for the activities to be operational. 


We filled in out tummy before heading down. Fish and chips was nice ;) 






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