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I would have been furious with those people too! It was worth elbowing him out of the way for those shots. Just stunning! What a gorgeous clear blue sky day it was. It's hard to get those in the mountains.
My mum was saying when she looked at my digital scrapbook of this trip (I've started to post photos of it in the Spare Room forum by the way ) how that's the best thing about Switzerland - that the air is usually clear and that comes out in our photos.
I hate people like that you had to deal with as there is no excuse for that and make things completely unpleasant for everyone else! Obliviously, just thinking about themselves in an unorganized mess and just getting in everyone's way by cramping on all with the photo taking, within seats that weren't theirs! The guy you took the photo of may be Japanese, but not positive as it's a side profile. It's doesn't matter, where they're from as they're just rude....period!
Well, I loved the latest village and mountain photos and particularly liked the one of the guys leading one of your boys on a road into town! Photos like that are priceless. I'm sure, you wish you had a closer view!
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I hate people like that you had to deal with as there is no excuse for that and make things completely unpleasant for everyone else! Obliviously, just thinking about themselves in an unorganized mess and just getting in everyone's way by cramping on all with the photo taking, within seats that weren't theirs! The guy you took the photo of may be Japanese, but not positive as it's a side profile. It's doesn't matter, where they're from as they're just rude....period!
All I know is I heard no Japanese in conversation the whole way up and I'm sure I'd have recognised the odd word or the sound of it. I studied it before we went to Japan in 2009...
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Well, I loved the latest village and mountain photos and particularly liked the one of the guys leading one of your boys on a road into town! Photos like that are priceless. I'm sure, you wish you had a closer view!
You should've seen me - I was like "cow being led down hill", trying not to squeal with excitement too much, as I was surrounded by people who wouldn't have understood my excitement...
We made our way up to Kleine Scheidegg, which is the departure point for tours up to the top of the Jungfrau without any further incident. The views from here were lovely…
The train that takes you up to the Jungfraujoch
Just as we arrived, the train we needed pulled in, and our friends from our first carriage all barged their way over there. There was no way I was dealing with them again. We had seats reserved on the next train up, so there was no rush. We took our time, and browsed the shops, and I found a cow T-shirt (finally in my size! ) and a Swiss cow bell for my collection (I got one on our last visit here…) so I got both of those…
Our train came in…
We got our reserved seats on the next train, and for a blissful few minutes, we were on our own. Then guess what? You’ve got it – another Far Eastern tour group turned up to make our lives miserable. As we went up, much of the route is in tunnel, but for the first part you have some stunning views. We were sat right by the window, and as soon as they saw the views, they all sprang up, and had cameras out of the window. At one point I moved slightly and realised someone was right behind me. I also had a camera lead swinging in my face. Not what I needed!
Eventually, they got the message at the first stop that they could get off the train, rather than attempting to get photos across us…
At the second stop, I got off, grabbed my photos…
… and was back on before some of them had even got off…
As we went up the mountain, now all inside on tunnels, both Mark and I were worried looking at the other, asking if we were Ok. We had both been worried about this trip, as we know that it can affect people going this high up. We were both fine at Kleine Scheidegg, which was a good sign, but Mark was now feeling pressure on his chest (he does suffer from asthma) and I was getting a headache, which I figured was down to the altitude. It didn’t help that someone I know at work did this last year, got off the train at the top and promptly fainted, and she is someone that I wouldn’t say is unfit…
We had to stop on the way, which is pretty unheard of for Switzerland.
By the way, I have started to post photos of the digital scrapbook I put together of this trip. At the moment, it's up to the end of this day, so it will give you a sneak peek of some of what's to come, and I'll try and post some more photos when I can...
I'm glad your second tour-group of the day finally got the message about photos. You certainly got some wonderful ones. I'm worried, though, about you both with the altitude!
I can't believe you're still dealing with these rude people!! Getting great pictures though - and there's still cows up that high!! Yeah, that altitude change. It can sneak up on you! Hope you guys managed OK.
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I'm glad your second tour-group of the day finally got the message about photos. You certainly got some wonderful ones. I'm worried, though, about you both with the altitude!
We were worried too especially with some of the horror stories we heard about how people were affected when they were up there.
Too bad, you had another rude tour group, but at least it wasn't as bad this time. Love the mountain and valley photos, which are quite impressive. Looking at some of these it seems that there is also a glacier in Jungfrau. Am I correct? Love the cows at the high altitude. What is the altitude that you were at on the second part of the journey?
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[QUOTE=SuperDave;4238872]Too bad, you had another rude tour group, but at least it wasn't as bad this time. Love the mountain and valley photos, which are quite impressive. Looking at some of these it seems that there is also a glacier in Jungfrau. Am I correct?
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Obliviously, just thinking about themselves in an unorganized mess and just getting in everyone's way by cramping on all with the photo taking, within seats that weren't theirs! 
We had seats reserved on the next train up, so there was no rush. We took our time, and browsed the shops, and I found a cow T-shirt (finally in my size! 
) and a Swiss cow bell for my collection (I got one on our last visit here…) so I got both of those… 
especially with some of the horror stories we heard about how people were affected when they were up there. 
Love the cows at the high altitude. What is the altitude that you were at on the second part of the journey? 
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