Our accomodation in Grindelwald was a small and typical alpine hotel called the Hotel Tschuggen, well positioned in the centre of the village about a 3 minute walk from the station.
The room has its own private outdoor deck, with something of a view of the Eiger.
What I wasn't expecting is that the town was exceptionally busy. It's the end of the 'summer' season and well before ski season. And where Lake Como was full of mainly American and German tourists, here it was almost entirely tour groups from mainland China.
Our plan is to visit the Grindelwald First area, up the top of the mountain and accessed by a Gondola. On offer is a suspended cliff walk, downhill go karts, and a range of reasonably extreme zipline activities.
Grindelwald First: In the summer, it's a hotspot for adventure with the First Flyer, mountain cart and trottibike scooter. In winter, it's a Mecca for freestylers and snowboarders.
www.jungfrau.ch
As we've arrived in the afternoon, we walk around the village and have an early dinner at a restaurant with a great view. Then something odd happened, I've not experienced this before.
The restaurant was pretty much full, then a huge group of tourists basically stormed the place, occupying every inch of standing space between the tables..
I couldn't work out what they were doing at first. They weren't customers of the restaurant, but then I noticed they were bristling with cameras and selfie sticks. They were using the restaurant to get photos of the view.
It was a bit boorish to be honest and some of the diners were pretty unhappy about it, but they all left after 5 minutes or so.