Jungfraujoch

We went to Jungfraujoch, the highest rail station in Europe. Jungfraujoch is the joch or yoke between the two peaks Jungfrau (maiden) and Mönch (monk). (A maiden and a monk connected by a yoke?) To get there, first you take the train to Interlaken, then to Grindelwald (wasn't this a villain in Harry Potter? it also sounds like Grendel), then to some other town higher up, and finally you take a train that goes up through the Eiger and arrives at the Jungfraujoch train station. They've assigned this the English-language name "Top of Europe," an odd and not very catchy name which also seems inapt because, if it's on a yoke, there are two higher points on either side, right?

Fuimos a Jungfraujoch, la estación ferroviaria más alta de Europa. Junfraujoch es el joch o yugo entre las dos cimas Jungfrau (doncella) y Mönch (monje). (Una doncella y un monje conectados por un yugo?) Para llegar, primero coges el tren a Interlaken, entonces a Grindelwald, entonces a otro pueblo más arriba, y finalmente coges un tren que va arriba por dentro del Eiger y llega a la estación Jungfraujoch. Ésta la han denominado Top of Europe (parte más arriba de Europa), una nombre un poco raro y no muy elegante que, además, parece poco adecuado, porque, si está en un yugo, hay puntos más altos por cada lado.

Eiger Nordwand / Eiger, Cara Norte / Eiger North

Una ventana cortada en la cara norte del Eiger / A window cut into the north face of the Eiger

Here's my fb caption for this photo: "What you see here is fruit of the 2008 Swiss National Fairy Tale Initiative (Nationalmärcheninitiative) which legally requires all federal public facilities to look as much like their fictional counterparts as possible."