Switzerland - Jungfraujoch

The following day we took my mum and dad by train to the Jungfraujoch and what proved to be one of the highlights of our holiday. The Jungfrau massif has three famous peaks, the Jungfrau (13,642ft), the Mönch (13,449ft) and the Eiger (13,026ft).
Using the Jungfrau mountain railway it is possible to get to the Jungfraujoch which, at 11,333ft, is the highest railway station in Europe (and the "Top of Europe" restaurant).
	We took the train from Interlaken Ost railway station. There are then two routes to the Jungfraujoch. One goes via Lauterbrunnen and the other via Grindlewald. We decided to make the ascent via Lauterbrunnen and then come down through Grindlewald. The railway line runs below the north face of the Eiger, the most dangerous rock wall in the Alps, which claimed many deaths before it was finally climbed in 1938 by an Austro-German team of 4 men (Vörg, Heckmayr, Harrer and Kasparek) who took four days for the ascent.
The views on the way up and from the top were magnificent.
But the best was to see my dad's face when he stepped out of the restaurant door to find the snowy wilderness that faced him and the realisation that it was bitterly cold (too cold for him to continue filming with his video camera!)