Travelog for: Rocky Raccoon

Hello,

today we finally visited the Beatles Museum. This was so exciting. They had tons of Beatles stuff. I wish I could have taken all of it home with me.



They organized the exhibit from the birth of the Beatles through today. There were a lot of photos and some very funny displays, where you could take photos.



And of course there was a lot of merchandising. Some things were amazing, like this Beatles dress.



And how do you like me as the fifth Beatle?





Not far from the museum was this pretty fountain. It is called "Eselsbrunnen" (donkey fountain) because of the figure with the donkey.



It was a great day.

I am heading home. Good bye Halle!

Hi together
this morning we had to get up very early. A special trip was on the agenda.
We visited the Jungfraujoch.



The Jungfraujoch is a col between the Jungfrau and the Mönch. It lies at a height of 3,466 meters (11,371 ft) above sea level in the Bernese Alps, on the boundary between the cantons of Bern and Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. It is a glacier pass, on the upper snows of the Aletsch Glacier, and part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch area.
At 7.35 we boarded the train in Interlaken to Grindelwald. We felt displaced in earlier times - so uncomfortable were the seats.



In Grindelwald we changed the train to Kleine Scheidegg.



The weather did not look very good - high fog. Mom calmed us: it will be beautiful.
And really, after a short time, we broke through the fog and had a breathtaking view.





Then an announcement came: Eiger North Face to the left. Not all of us were fast enough to see the infamous rock face.



Mom told us we all could admire them.

Next Stop: Kleine Scheidegg.



Mom, my human brother and some edgy TV's climb out of the train, run to the next platform, posing for a picture with the Eiger north face



and get on the next train.



The Jungfrau railway is a metre gauge rack railway which runs 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Kleine Scheidegg to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch (3,454 m), between the Bernese Oberland and Valais in Switzerland.

For a few minutes we were silent and enjoyed the views of Lauterbrunnen valley



and the Eiger Glacier.



How big must have been this glacier, when one considers the abraded rock.
Then the train disappeared into a tunnel.

The railway runs almost entirely within the Jungfrau Tunnel, built into the Eiger and Mönch mountains and containing two stations in the middle of the tunnel, where passengers can disembark to observe the neighbouring mountains through windows built into the mountainside.
After a few minutes into the dark the announcement came: 5 min. stay into the Eigerwand Station.
Only separated by a window, the rock of the Eiger North Wall was close enough to touch.



And the view !!





Next stop was Eismeer. Here we marveled at the glacial ice





and the deep crevices.



And then we reached our destination: The Jungfraujoch railway station, at an elevation of 3,454 meters (11,332 ft) is the highest in Europe. It lies east of the saddle, below the Sphinx summit, and is connected to the Top of Europe building, which includes several panoramic restaurants and a post office. Several tunnels lead outside, where secured hiking trails on the crevassed glacier can be followed, in particular to the Mönchsjoch Hut.



After more than 2 hours on the train we just wanted to get out. So we took the elevator to the observation platform, which lies 117 meters above the station. With 6.3 m per second, we raced against the fresh air.

On the platform we enjoyed a spectacular panorama.







The Aletsch Glacier





The Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km (14 mi) and covers more than 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi) in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. The Aletsch Glacier is composed of three smaller glaciers converging at Concordia, where its thickness was measured by the ETH to be near 1 km (3,300 ft). It then continues towards the Rhone valley before giving birth to the Massa River.
The whole area, including other glaciers is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001.

Der Mönch (4107m - 13474ft)



The Mönch ("monk") forms together with the Eiger and the Jungfrau a highly recognisable group of mountains visible from far away.



The Sphinx observatory



The Jungfrau



Then we took the elevator down and walked on the glacier.













We wanted to play in the snow, but Mom only allowed to walk on the marked area.









All around there are deep crevasses where we disappear forever.
In ice palace it was mostly too dark to take pictures.



After a last panoramic view of the imposing mountains we had to head home.







It was such a great day.

Rocky

Hi together

I'm on my way to Miami, Florida.



And I'm in a hurry.

Actually, I wanted to start last Monday. But - Mom got a bad cold and so I had to wait until today.



But now nothing can stop me.
Miami, I come !!!

See you soon
Rocky

I'm here! I'm here! Let me out!