Quiet Mountain Town
Gimmelwald. Population: 100. Mountain Hostel, Gimmelwald. Population: 50. Accounting for one third of the total population of Gimmelwald, the Mountain hostel is a small community in which people chill, hike, drink, and relax in the outdoor hot-tub, which runs on wood cut by guests. Guests who are so inclined are permitted to mow the lawn, flower the plants, chop wood, etc. It’s the type of hostel people stay at for weeks at a time (more of a small community in it of itself than a place to crash and throw your stuff down).
We left Balmer’s yesterday around six and caught a train to a bus to a gondola that let us off twenty meters from the Mountain Hostel. We met some fun Texans along the way, indicative of the types of people we’d encounter when we made it to the Mountain hostel. Last night was spent singing and drinking communally to accompany Ben’s guitar playing. When people started to turn in Ben and I played pool for a few hours.
Took a hike this morning to the forest of the top of the mountain on which we’re located. Gimmelwald is an extremely peaceful, clean location, smack in the middle of Swiss Alps. Wake up and look at your window at a range of snow-capped mountains, and contemplate a waterfall or a crag for a while before having breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Maybe then go for a hike, the direction you choose doesn’t really matter because everywhere you go you encounter untouched, natural beauty.
In fact, Ben and I are gonna get on that. Will check in soon.
