Bachalpsee and Schreckhorn
The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.
 
— Georges Simenon
 

I saw the blue gem after an hour of hike from Grindelwald-First. Once I saw it I could only think of the above quote from Georges Simenon.

The Blue Gem—Bachalpsee and SchreckhornBachalpsee (see means lake in German)—the blue gem—drew me closer like a magnet.

The Blue Gem—Bachalpsee and SchreckhornAnd once I was on its shore it felt like I was in heaven.

The Blue Gem—Bachalpsee and Schreckhorn