Reminiscing Hostel Days in the Swiss Alps

FLASHBACK to my carefree hostel days (which were also clearly before I knew how to use a camera)⁠.⁠ 🤣⁠ This photo was taken during one of the BEST TRIPS OF MY LIFE, during a night spent at the Mountain Hostel Gimmelwald in Switzerland - which is quite literally located above the clouds.⁠ 😶‍🌫️⁠ I'm not sure what the small remote village of Gimmelwald is like now, but when I visited there were no restaurants or museums, and the main attractions were hiking in the mountains and walking over to Erica - aka the “egg and cheese lady" - to hangout in her cheese shed and taste some local dairy.⁠ 🧀⁠ And, of course, meeting other travelers in the hostel common room to drink wine, eat cheese, play games, and share stories from the road.⁠ 🍷⁠ Nobody had a laptop or smartphone. There was no Instagram. And nobody cared about snapping the perfect footage for social media.⁠ 📸⁠ We were all just there as travelers existing, connecting, and relishing in the beauty of the place we were in.⁠ 🥰⁠ If you couldn't tell, I miss these times. ❤️ How about you?