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Switzerland Pilgrimage
The Sherlock Holmes Society make fairly regular trips to the Reichenbach Falls as a sort of pilgrimage...this article gives one person's account of their experience:
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Nice article. He's right about the prices. Wengen is half way up the railway and is always expensive. In this area of Switzerland Swiss German is spoken. We stayed in a place called Lauterbruennen which is further down the valley but not so far as Interlaken itself. The Eiger itself is somewhat imposing and such a dangerous climb.
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You've been? Did you go to Reichenbach?
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Re: Switzerland Pilgrimage
I've been to the area, skiing, years and years ago. Honestly, at the time I had no idea that the Reichenbach Falls were near there. It is certainly an area worth visiting. Also, not far away is the Schilthorn which was in the James Bond film OHMSS. It has a revolving restaurant.
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Re: Switzerland Pilgrimage
Such a shame. 
We went to Grindelwald near the Eiger massif in 2006 before I became Sherlocked. Of course we would have visited the Reichenbach Falls if I had known they were near. I guess my daughter would have preferred it to going up Jungfraujoch by train. She had real problems with the air up there and was quite afraid at the time. Although the views from above are spectacular.
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Re: Switzerland Pilgrimage
Ah! The delights of high altitude! Strange how if affects some people more than others and it is nothing to do with how fit they are either. 
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