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Upon arrival at
Lauterbrunnen railway station, which is where George Lazenby first arrives
in the film disguised as Sir Hilary Bray and is met by Irma Bunt played by
the late Ilse Steppat, we unloaded our suitcases and walked across the
road to catch the funicular railway up to Grutschalp, 1486m higher up the
mountain. Unfortunately, due to another member of the coach party holding
up the courier we missed our scheduled connection and had to wait an hour
for the next car. When we eventually reached Grutschalp we were relieved
to find the train was waiting to take us on to the village of Murren, our
final destination point.
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We were met at Murren
Bahnhof by a porter wearing a peaked cap from the hotel, and who was pulling a
very large sleigh which was to take our luggage the short walk (Murren is
a traffic-free resort), to the Hotel Edelweiss, our home for the next
week. |
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By
now it was gone 9pm, the Starbucks skinny latté with blueberry muffin I
had eaten at Gatwick and the light snack consumed on the aircraft had
become but a dim memory for my stomach. Thankfully though the hotel were
prepared for our late arrival and ‘we needn’t worry as we would have a
little time to unpack, freshen up, and dinner would be waiting for us’. |
