Geneva-Lausanne-Lauterbrunnen

Had a decent shower in the Novotel apartment before our first breakfast, then meeting the other Pantsocians in the local Trois Rois cafe for coffee and a second breakfast of croissants. Fond farewells were said. 

We set off for Geneva station, for a train, metro and bus journey back to our lovely van still parked in Lausanne. When we arrived, we realised that its snug space under the trees had disadvantages. It was covered in dust, sap and bits of tree. We had a quick lunch and Nic washed off what he could with a basic hose provided by the site.

Off we drove down excellent Swiss motorways towards the Jungfrau, through rolling green countryside, quite glad yo leave Geneva and Lausanne. Gradually the mountains rose before us, many still snow capped. As we got closer, the word wow was being overused. We drove down the last turnoff through crowds of pedestrians, tourists of all stripes, into our magnificent Camping Jungfrau sitting in the world's deepest cleft rather than a valley. Spectacular doesn't do justice. 

We talked at length to the informative guys on reception about our plans for rail and cable car trips up the heights and decided against a pass that would cost £200 pp for 3 days. We will try something different with minimal walking involved to be kind to Nic's hip.

A man on a bike showed us to our pitch. The views are amazing, though it's not quite level and the roaring valley stream of icy water a few feet away is a source of constant white noise. And when night suddenly arrived we found the only streetlight in the site was right by our front bumper <sigh>.

Plain dinner of pasta. Sandwiches are made for tomorrow, and we are looking forward to exploration of the Schilthorn area.