Gimme More Gimmelwald


This blog started out the same way most blogs do...
randomly babbling about whatever crossed my mind.

These days, I've heard it classified as a "travel blog."

It probably won't always be that,
but for now I'm jotting down our travels as quickly as I can.

I do this for two reasons...
the first is, selfishly, to help me remember.

If I don't have a diary like this,
our adventures start blurring together.

The second reason is to help inspire you.

Maybe it gives you a nudge towards booking that summer vacation,
maybe it inspires you to re-do that room with a little mediterranean flare,
or maybe it gives you a 2 minute vacation every day.

I used to work in an office in the industrial area of Dallas. 
I really enjoyed mental breaks like that during the day
to remind me that, yes, there was life beyond the drama & budgets within an office.

But for our latest adventure, I have you to thank.

and I took you up on it.

It was incredible.

If you haven't heard of this little slice of heaven,
well then, let me do the honors.


We left Interlaken Ost station for Gimmelwald.

It takes 55 minutes. We used this site to tell us how to get there.

After a train, a bus, & a gondola,
we stumbled out of the platform into snowy Gimmelwald. 




We ate a little picnic of sandwiches & creamy cheese.



Then we explored the tiny, sleepy town nestled in the alps.

We also saw about six small avalanches pour down on the hills around us...
which was a bit unnerving for us Texas folk.



We wandered around on top of the clouds,
with no one else there to bother us...

{Except a few furry locals.}



We were pretty much on Cloud Nine... 
in a very literal sense.




And how did we bridge the gap between this heavenly experience
& normal life back down on the mountain?

Why with naughty warm drinks, of course!


For those of you that recommended Gimmelwald, thank you!

I might travel a lot and have some things to recommend... 
but I know that all of "you" have exponentially more to travel advice than me!



*all images original to Aspiring Kennedy

22 comments:

  1. Gorgeous. LOVE the adventures the two of you are having and I love that I get to live vicariously through your travels. I think you provide your readers with so much more than travel. You have a great wit and I always smile over here and you are a fantastic writer. I loved the story of how you and Tyler began, it was wonderfully written and it was like watching a romantic comedy unfold. xo

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  2. swiss kiss?! how cute are you two. and this IS one of my favorite travel + life blogs :) and i am dying to go to switzerland! i need to convince h... xoxo jillian:: Shopbop $100 Giftcard Giveaway!

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  3. Looks like a little slice of heaven...I've added it to my list of 'must visit'...thanks for doing all the hard work and research! x

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  4. I'm definitely one of those who takes the two minutes to pretend I'm travelling with you! Switzerland looks amazing, I would've never had it on my list of places to travel but you're got me reconsidering!

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  5. Lauren,
    Hello, there Dallas friend! I've just returned from Spring Break and getting caught up on your adventures! You will be so happy that your chronicled all of this...because the details do fade with time. When I graduated from SMU, many moons ago, I went on a 6 week trek all over Europe. Stopping in many of the places you are visiting now. But, I have next to nothing in the form of photos. These posts will be a treasure for you and Tyler!

    Can't wait to see where you go next!
    xoxo Elizabeth

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  6. Oh my that is breathtaking! Glad your trip is going well!

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  7. Although you make the best travel posts out of anyone I've ever seen, I wouldn't call your blog a travel blog. I would call it a "how to be awesome" blog. I just love your photos of this magical place. Definitely wants to make me travel/be awesome like you!

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  8. Wow, those pictures are really incredible. Gimmelwald has officially been added to my list of places to visit.

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  9. i just turned green. with envy. and i'm in love with that swiss kiss picture, lauren! so glad you had a great time in the schwiez!

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  10. Oh my goodness..it is absolutely gorgeous. Added to the "must visit" list. Beautiful photos, Lauren! :)

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  11. "Travel blog" eh? I wouldnt call it that..I second whoever called it a "How to be Awesome" blog. The travel is obviously a big part of that, but the interiors and outfit styling make it..perfect. To say I'm inspired by EVERY SINGLE POST, is true, but an understatement. Beyond that, in the middle of a rough day in my lab, when the data isn't right, or my experiment is messed up it gives me a nice little escape into places all over the world, and I love it.

    Thanks so so much. I'm now going to go get some hot chocolate and read about Grimmelwald.

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  12. That looks amazing! Hope you had fun:)

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  13. oooh these pictures are AMAZING. what a wonderful trip!

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  14. These photos are positively breathtaking! Can't wait to check out your other posts.

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  15. These photos are so beautiful! I was in Switzerland about 2 years ago, but have never been to Gimmelwald.. looks amazing! xo

    http://dreamingenfrancais.blogspot.com/

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  16. Luckily you get to travel enough to blog about it! I may need a weekly, If I had traveled today post! ;) Your pictures are LOVELY!

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  17. That place is amazing! I'll never forget...we had Rick Steve's book while we were there and he wrote that that was his favorite place on earth. Matt and I were like: clearly we have to go. I love how far removed you feel from everything while you are there.

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  18. That place is amazing! I'll never forget...we had Rick Steve's book while we were there and he wrote that that was his favorite place on earth. Matt and I were like: clearly we have to go. I love how far removed you feel from everything while you are there.

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  19. That place is amazing! I'll never forget...we had Rick Steve's book while we were there and he wrote that that was his favorite place on earth. Matt and I were like: clearly we have to go. I love how far removed you feel from everything while you are there.

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  20. Wow. I am in awe of your photos and what a place.
    I hope I can go next year.
    pve

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  21. I have wanted to go to Switzerland for a very long time. Now I know a stop we'll make when we finally do get there! :)

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  22. I am dying to visit Switzerland! From these pictures it looks amazing! I

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