Top of Europe

Jungfraujoch, Top of Europe, a must-see tourist attraction in Switzerland. 

My #1 advice to Jungfraujoch would be to please check the weather online or with the hotel front desk before buying the tickets there. You don't want to be end up paying for such an expensive ticket just to look at fogs.

Realising this, we stayed in Grindelwald for 3 days in case the weather was foggy on the very first day, we can still hope to catch a sunny day the next day. And yes, we were lucky enough! 

We used the Swiss Half Fare Card to get 50% discount on the ride to Jungfraujoch or else it would have costs us CHF177 each for a return ticket. The journey from Grindelwald to Jungfraujoch took about 1 hr 20 min (Grindelwald - Grund - Kleine Scheidegg - Jungfraujoch), with a train change at Kleine Scheidegg. The journey itself was very scenic. Some of the train carriages at Kleine Scheidegg are reserved for travel tours, so just make sure you don't accidentally hop into the wrong carriage and get kicked out! 

Once at Jungfraujoch, maps are displayed to direct you on where to go. The place is pretty organised and it's quite impossible for you to get lost there. It took us about 2.5 hours to cover the place. And if you are thinking whether you'll be starving up there, fret not...there are 2 cafeterias there, one serves Indian cuisine and another serves Swiss. However, another alternative is to bring cup noodles along! We were drooling over Asians who were having their soupy cup noodle in the cold weather!!! *slurps*

On the ride back, we took an alternative route (Jungfraujoch - Wengen - Lauterbrunnen - Zweilütschinen - Grindelwald) to check-out the different towns and stopped by Lauterbrunnen to check out the waterfalls.  

It was indeed an experience to be surrounded by greeneries and nature. We will definitely visit again!