When "The Amazing Race" on CBS showed the first pit stop of Season 14, we looked at each other and knew where that place exactly was even though only the side wall of the building was revealed. Ouch! The production company is so cheap! And we were expecting something like four-five star hotels for those teams. We stayed three nights at Hotel Alpenhof in Stech
elberg during our own Amazing Race 2008 (Switzerland-Italy-France) last fall. The Alpenhof is a hostel style lodge with shared bathrooms and restrooms, and is run by a nice couple, Mark from Briton and Diana from Australia, along with their cute little baby. It also provides a kitchen for guests to cook and the surrounding is very peaceful with streams like my birthplace in Far East. Stelchelberg is about 20 minutes from Interlaken in the very end of the valley. We enjoyed James Bond breakfast at Piz Gloria on the Schilthorn where the 007 film was staged. During our hike through the snow covered glacier on Jungfrau (top of Europe), it was really breath taking (we almost didn't make it with only basic clothing). There are still a lot of places to explore and we shall return!
elberg during our own Amazing Race 2008 (Switzerland-Italy-France) last fall. The Alpenhof is a hostel style lodge with shared bathrooms and restrooms, and is run by a nice couple, Mark from Briton and Diana from Australia, along with their cute little baby. It also provides a kitchen for guests to cook and the surrounding is very peaceful with streams like my birthplace in Far East. Stelchelberg is about 20 minutes from Interlaken in the very end of the valley. We enjoyed James Bond breakfast at Piz Gloria on the Schilthorn where the 007 film was staged. During our hike through the snow covered glacier on Jungfrau (top of Europe), it was really breath taking (we almost didn't make it with only basic clothing). There are still a lot of places to explore and we shall return!
