You know you're in Europe when...
You're grateful to find the Tour de France on TV in French because it suddenly seems like a cakewalk compared to the German coverage.
Your hotel looks like this.
The town looks like this.
There's a restaurant at every mountain viewpoint.
The signs are more interesting.
'Bent and I took the funicular up to Harder Kulm to see the view over Interlaken and get a look at part of the Eiger Ultra Trail course.
In the photo below, we will start in Grindelwald in the middle valley beneath the snowy mountain (the Jungfrau). We'll then head up to the left ridge for awhile, then descend back to the valley. At that point, the 51K runners run back to Grindelwald to finish. The 101K runners climb up the ridge on the right and play on those trails until it's time to descend to Grindelwald. Obviously, those are long ridges and the trails that we'll follow along them are not flat!
This view may bring back some memories for Harps. The last stage of The Apex Race was a paddle down the length of the Brienzersee shown here, then a short run to the finish.
Our team missed the paddling cut-off so we hiked 22 km on paved roads to the finish. Along the way, I changed my headwear and accidentally threw my headlamp into that lake. As far as I know, it is still down there.
The logged time is a small portion of my luggage hauling time over the past 24 hours and 2 countries.