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No description Today we started out with another authentic European breakfast and then we headed to the Trimmelbach Falls which were about halfway between Stechelberg and Lauterbrunnen. We got there and saw what looked like a ticket booth and thought they were closed, so we ventured a little closer and realized we hadn't missed the entrance. After a short lift ride up to the top of the falls, we got to see where all the water from the glaciers melting goes. According to the brochure, there is 20,000 liters of water per second flowing thru the falls. After walking back down and looking at the falls along the way we walked back to the car and realized what we earlier thought was the ticket booth was just a souvenir shop. After getting in the car we rode in to town a little ways and shopped a little and then bought a ticket to go up to the Schilthorn. The first leg of the trip is on what is called a furnicular, which travels up really steep mountains, but they put the sets at an angle so they are flat, gravity wise. After getting off the furnicular we took a quick train ride to Murren where there are no cars because there is no road up there. After walking thru town to get to the other side we took the cable car up to the Schilthorn with a quick stop to change cable cars at Brig. At the Schilthorn we went up and found the revolving restaurant since it was lunch time and had a small bite to eat. The Schilthorn is well known because of the James Bond flick, "Her Majesty's Service", which was partially filmed here. After lunch we walked around for a while taking pictures and soaking in the beautiful views. We then headed back down all the way to Lauterbrunnen soaking up the beautiful day with sun out and hardly a cloud in the sky. When we got down to the bottom we drove into Interlaken and drove and walked around for a little while. We stopped for a beer at a little restaurant and watched across the street as paragliders landed there. It was really cool looking up and seeing eight p