The Arvada enterprise., 1910-10-07
Arvada Boy Visits
Switzerland and
Germany.


Germany.
Interlaken, Sept. 8.
/ think forgot to tell you in
my last letter that from Stresa
to Martigny / passed through the
wonderful Simplon tunnel that is
twelve and a quarter miles in
length, the longest in the world
it was eight years in building
and cost $500,000. The train
is run by electricity and it took
II minutes to pass through.
From Geneva Invent by boat in
four and a half hours to Territet
Chillon at the other end of the
lake and it was a beautiful ride
except for rain a part of the time.
Geneva's waters are such beau
2tiful shades of blue and on either
shore beautiful villages with fine
homes and the gently sloping
green hills.
At Terrltel Chillon | stayed at
hotel high above the water,
commanding magnificent view
of the lake, mountain peaks and
the celebrated castle of Chillon
on the lake shore, which Lord
Byron has made famous by his
poem, THE Prisoner of Chillon. I"
The sunset as | viewed it from
my room was one of the loveliest
| have seen; as it emerged from
behind a cloud some distance
above the horizon it lit up the
lake with a sparkling path of
crimson hues.
This morning at $50 l walked
down to the castle and the sun
had not yet cleared the noun
tain tops, but soon / noticed the
first rays striking the tops of the
towers and then slowly creep
down the walls and into the sur
rounding waters it was a
charming picture.
This castle is some eight or
nine hundred years old and has
an interesting history: 1t was
built on an isolated rock, some 60
feet from the shore, it's interior
is very quaint and interesting.
left by electric train at 1927
as far as Zweisimmen where l
changed to locomotive to Spiez
and the ride was perfectly beau
tiful as one ascends the noun
tains on the shore or the lake
and then goes by hill and dale
across to Zweisimmen. Oh! how
beautiful the Swiss scenery is! l
wish l could describe it.
At Spiez l boarded the boat
for Interlaken across the beauti-
full little lake Thun. Am | not
having enviable water trips?
Interlaken, as the name sug-
gests is a beautiful town on a.
low plane between Lakes Thun
and Brienze.
Sunday morning: / am writing
this at the village Murren on the
mountain heights at 5415 feet, so
you see can look down on you.
/ am almost up to the snow which
has recently fallen and from
where | sit l can see beautiful
glaciers and snow covered peaks
and the valley, some three thou
sand feet below is beautiful in
deed.
came from Interlaken to Lam
terbrunnen seven and a half miles
by electric, and then / walked
three and a quarter miles up the
mountain side to this charmingly
located village. The rocky
sleeps are decidedly stupendous
and quite like the Rockies.
Ileave Interlaken tomorrow by
boat to Brienze to see the large
wood carving school. This town
contains 600 wood carvers. On
the way will stop at Giessbach
where are lovely waterfalls, from
Brienze will go by train to Alp
nachstadt and then by boat to
Lucerne where l look forward to
receive a letter from home.
There is one fall at Lanter-
brunne that is very lovely, the
water falling $50 feet and now
there is not much water so the
fall is converted into beautiful
fine spray.
Monday, 1t rained nearly all
night and most of today. Iseem
to have struck a rain belt.
l enjoyed my stay of three
hours at Brienze where | watched
the wood carvers at work and
they certainly do some beautiful
and remarkable work.
| arrived at Lucerne at 400 and
went to a hotel close to the sta
ton. Still it rained.
| went to see the famous lion
ofLucerne- splendid work carved
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