Day 4 - Kandersteg to Adelboden to Paris

July 3 - Day 4: So here we are, dragging our wordly posessions behind us once again, poor poor Girl Scouts without a home.... but only for now.

An early breakfast and lunch packing session and then a brisk walk down into town to catch the train and then the bus that will take us to Our Chalet in Adelboden. (Be sure to get off at Adelboden Oey not just plain old Adelboden)

We were greeted by a Chalet volunteer from California and we loaded our luggage into the van (thankfully!!). We started up the hill and just couldn't beleive the older couples who seemed to be sprinting past us flat landers over and over again!

We rounded the final corner, saw the sign and driveway and thought we were almost there... not! A last long trek up the driveway and then we were finally there!

The tour around the building was lovely - topped off with a rouding rendition of the Our Chalet song... High up, high on the mountain, we founded Our Chalet.... it was stuck in our heads for days!

The Chalet is filled with lovely old things, loads of history, and you can feel the Girl Scouty love just overwhere. It feels like home.

We enjoyed a quick stop at the gift shop and enjoyed our lunch overlooking the lovely town of Adelboden.

We wished we could stay longer, but we have a HECK of a day of travel to get to. There is no easy way to get from Adelboden to Paris. And we have some quick connections to make, so we packed up our lucnhes, pinned our Chalet pins to our vests, and started the trek down the hill.

Oh wait.... Donna had to throw open her arms and sing to the mountains.... The hills are alive style... THEN we could start the trek down the hill.... :-)

Ok, so I have to be honest and tell you that the rest of this day was really really really terrible. We made all our connections. We got on all the correct trains. But the rush and the worry that we would at some point miss a train or get on the wrong one, was alot for all of us to handle. The connection in Basel SBB was especially difficult. We had to get dinner in a very short amount of time in the station and we almost didn't make the train. Once we arrived at Paris EST, we looked at the map and thought the walk to our hostel would be an easy one. Well, it would have been long without our luggage and so with our luggage it was especially grueling. We were very very happy when the hostel came into view and were all ready for a good nights sleep.