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A small but fine group of InterNations members from Bern crawled out of bed at an ungodly hour on a Saturday morning, to join our Ambassadors Anita Hermecz and Haider al-Rashed on their trip from Bern, Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen to the Jungfraujoch last week-end. Slowly but surely, the mountain train allowed them to leave the blanket of clouds and morning mist behind, taking them up into the sun. When they’d arrived at the Swiss flag that marks the summit, everybody was euphoric, as you can see from the pictures below. (Rumour has it that Haider even took off his t-shirt and braved the freezing cold, but you had to be there to witness that…)

After sipping Prosecco from the cans they’d brought with them in order to have a toast on InterNations Bern and the wonderful day, the mountaineers — who were half-frozen by then — decided to go for lunch in the self-service restaurant. As chilling and some sun-bathing seemed the best thing to do after an ample meal, they climbed up to the Sphinx at 3571 m and were relaxing there for about one and a half hours. As soon as their batteries had recharged a little, though, they set out to the Ice Palace to admire the glacial sculptures in the cave.

Since everybody was in the mood for a spontaneous hiking tour from Kleine Scheidegg to Wengen, they refuelled their energy with an early dinner at Scheidegg first, where Anita was introduced to the famous “Jägertee” — the perfect drink to accompany a raclette. On the hiking track, stunning sceneries were rising around the wanderers during the sunset hours when the twilight of dusk was slowly falling over the mountain range.

With blistered feet, but in excellent spirits, they returned to Bern around 10pm, over twelve hours after leaving, tired, exhausted, and very, very happy.

You can see more of Anita’s lovely pictures in the photo gallery on InterNations…

Filed under: InterNations News on October 27th, 2008