Base camp for the Swiss Alps expedition party: Grindelwald, nestled at the foot of the imposing North Face of Eiger Mountain. First order of business is to refine one's rope techniques for the crevasse crossings.
And make sure the avalanche dogs are well fed.
On second thought, this is the rope technique you've been looking for.
Jungfraujoch Glacier, the self-professed Top of Europe.
Who needs a coat on a glacier when you grew up inside a New Zealand house?
Do they have glacier-side service by any chance? Could go for a mulled wine right about now.
The international sign of chocolate.
The world's highest Lindt shop. More flavors than there are Cantons.
Now that's the Top of Europe.
The only path between villages is by air.
In case of frostbite, sit here.
Neutrality never looked so good. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate? Both, I'm neutral.
Yodel for your ice cream.
Lauterbrunnen, where the whole town shares a water feature.
Scoping out the best flying fox route.
If your playground isn't surrounded by glaciers, is it even a playground?
Apparently there's good skiing here, but there's something to be said for shorts and t-shirts at altitude.
You know something is afoot when your room number is infinity.
The legendary Goat Hotel, where goats live with you on your balcony. Because who doesn't want to soak in a hot tub with goats?
The star of the show is Lucky, the only goat clever enough to escape her enclosure every day to go walkabout around the hotel.
Find that goat officer!
Please save some room for the goats.
You never know who your hiking companions will be in Switzerland.
From the highest Lindt store to the World Headquarters on the shores of Lake Zurich. A four-story-tall chocolate waterfall? Yes please. Lauterbrunnen's was just lame water.
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