Walter's

I've mentioned Walter's a few times and thought I'd give you a little info about it. Walter is 88 and still does all the breakfast and dinner cooking for his guests. Tim is the "front man." Tim is from the UK and an absolute joy. Not that Walter isn't nice, he is just a guy that stays in the background and doesn't say a whole lot.

Walter's sits at the top of Gimmelwald. There are two ways to get there from the cable car: a road (about 15-18 minutes) or a path/stairs (about 5-10 minutes). Most of the time we took the road. It was a lot easier for Charmelle. Here is are two photos on the trail from about the middle, looking up and looking down.





The rooms at Walter's are small, but work fine. We have a community restroom on each floor, but a shower in each room. 5 minutes of hot water cost 1 franc. According to Tim, this was to make sure everyone had hot water for their shower. It's really no big deal for me, but Charmelle liked 10 minutes. We definitely made ourselves at home, as you can see in the photos below. The view every morning made this quiet little lodge seem like a 4-5 start villa.