Today we got up really really early for the train up to Junfraujoch - the Top of Europe. Home of the highest altitude train station, restaurant, post office, and bathroom in Europe. It was storming, so you couldn't see much but blowing snow. It was also -7.8 degrees celsius with 48km/hr winds. And we went outside. Don't ask me why. There was also a cool ice palace carved into the glacier, and you could actually see the glacier. It was really cool.
The train ride itself was really cool, with amazing views of the Lauterbrunnen valley, which has 72 waterfalls, one of which is Staubbach falls, a 300 meter waterfall (the tallest in Europe) and which was RIGHT NEXT TO our campsite. There's also Trummelbach falls, which is a glacial waterfall with tunnels where you can see it falling through the glacier, but we'll see that next time through.
Hung out, then went to the Bomb Shelter, which is the campsite bar. It really is a bomb shelter, they just converted it to a bar/club where all the Contiki people go to drink and negotiate sleeping arrangements. Lots of Aussie music, which Adam will agree sucks. Seriously, all these Aussies singing loudly along with a Queen song that I'm certain has never been played in the states.
Also, they have a fun shot of a little bottle of red bull liqueur where you unscrew the cap, lick it, stick it on your forehead, bang the bottle on the bar while yelling PROOOOOOOSSSSSST!!! then take the bottle in your teeth, drink it without hands, then take the cap off your head and try to spit it into a target. If you make it, you get a free one.
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