So far, I can absolutely say, without a single doubt, that this was by far the most impressive day I have had since this trip began. We started it out by walking to the other bus' hotel to get the tickets that we already paid for to ride the cable car. Our little group went to this nice little supermarket and picked out some picnic-like foods to take along with us to the Alps. We took the cable car, called the "First," to the top of the mountains. We had a large chunk of the afternoon to wander through these wonderful mountain ranges. The sights in the Swiss Alps were just unlike anything that I have ever seen before. There is just so much open space there, unfortunately a sight that is becoming less and less common in the States. We hiked about an hour to this lake made entirely of glacial water. We stopped here and ate our picnic lunch. After a while, we headed back to the cable car station to head back to the concert hall, but when we got on the cable car (which takes 30 mins, one way), and got a good 10 minutes into the trip, the gondola suddenly stopped and hung, ricking, in the cool Swiss air. We all looked around at each other, noticeably a little nerve-racked. After a few panic-filled minutes, all the cars began to move again. Until they stopped a second time. But then they started working again until we got off. We got set up for the concert, and then performed a very nice concert for the people of Grindewald. Although I cannot express how amazing today was, I will certainly post many pictures once I get back home and have the chance to go through them all on my computer and whatnot.
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