There were two more places we wanted to visit in the Berner Oberland before we completed this Autumn Adventure. The first was to travel across lake Brienz to revisit the beautiful waterfalls at Giessbach. We saw them in spring time now we wanted to see the colours of a different season. We were not disappointed. Even without the stunning blue sky of yesterday they were just as good as we imagined.
We returned by boat to Brienz and train to Interlaken Ost and from there we continued to Lauterbrunnen. There we took the smaller Postbus 142 up a steep road with a long tunnel to the small village of Isenfluh. We were the only ones on the bus - our private coach you might say!
We had always planned to go on up to Sulwald and maybe Trottie bike back down however when we looked at the relatively small red gondola, and the cables disappearing over the cliffs above, we were a little daunted. Well, a lot really, but we went anyway! The guy showed us where to press the button to open the door at the top and we understood that he also wanted us to close it once we got out. Which of course we did, but as I set off on our ever upward walk, I was certainly wondering how the going back down bit was going to happen!
We walked up to the lookout and were rewarded with a view going in all directions - left to right and up & down.
Such a lovel peaceful place to wander.
We had decided against walking back to Isenfluh because of time constraints. We had to get home and pack our cases. So after about 3/4 hour we went back to the Gondela. We were standing on the deck near it when a voice from a speaker above us said "Press the white button" so I did but nothing happened - then I realised I was the one to open the door. We got in and closed the door. A bell rang and away we went back down over the cliff with stunning views of the village way below.
We had a few minutes to spare before the 15:15 bus so we had time to look around Isenfluh and take a couple more photos!
At 15:18 the bus had not arrived so we went back to the timetable board which sure enough it had a little (A) above the time. In the legend below we discovered that that bus only runs on reservation with at least 90 minutes notice required! In German - but clear enough for us to understand! What to do? Well nothing for it but to cross the road to the little resturant buzzing with locals and join them. Wir mussen auch Kaffee und Kuchen mit Raum haben!
The scheduled bus for 16:15 arrived and we reversed the journey down to Lauterbrunnen and on to Interlaken and Thun. With now some time to wait for the bus up the hill we decided to walk through town one more time. That meant I could photograph some great leaves I had seen from the bus yesterday.
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