A break in the Swiss Alps

Barbara and I are taking a break this week in one of the loveliest areas on earth, the Jungfrau Region of Switzerland, which I would highly recommend to any MEI Conference delegate planning to visit Europe after a Falmouth conference.

We are staying in the car-free village of Wengen, which is a winter wonderland at the moment, but is equally magical in summer (postings of 25 June 2010 and 1 July 2010). Wengen is famous for its  view of the 4158 m high Jungfrau, and the longest World Cup downhill skiing run, the Lauberhorn, and we have skied in this area a couple of times. But our skiing days are now over, so this week, as we did in the summer of 2010, we will be hiking and making use of the fabulous Wengernalp mountain railway, which runs between the villages of Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald, via Wengen and the Kleine Scheidegg, a mountain pass between the Lauberhorn and the mighty Jungfrau and Eiger.

This was the view of the Jungfrau yesterday evening from the window of our hotel room.