So this is Switzerland!
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| We started our journey by making sure we were in the right country. According to our flag index, we were indeed in Switzerland. |
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| Next, as it was our honeymoon, we decide to take a jaunt down the Romantikweg (romantic way, for those non swiss german speakers). I'm not real sure why they call it romantic... what's so nice about shear faced granite mountains, alpine meadows, big poofy white clouds, blue skies, and cowbells in the distance? |
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| Here is one of those cows ringing her bell via a solid nose-licking. |
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| Where's the mall? |
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| More Romantikweg. |
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| Grindelwald! We stayed in the rockin Chalet Abendrot. See the church tower slightly left of lower center? It's white. Our hotel was slightly west of that. The world famous Grindelwald museum - which features three stories of skiing, climbing, Bohren family info, and frontier style living quarters - was just to the east of the tower. |
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| The Evolution of Man according to the local pooper scooper bins. |
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| Historically this is what a Swiss Native American dwelling space looked like. If I remember correctly, they called it a 'Teepee'. According to wikipedia, "The tipi was durable, provided warmth and comfort in winter, was dry during heavy rains, and was cool in the heat of summer. Tipis could be disassembled and packed away quickly when a tribe decided to move and could be reconstructed quickly when the tribe settled in a new area. This portability was important to Plains Indians with their nomadic lifestyle." |
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| This picture was taken by a lovely English couple recreating their honeymoon trip from 45 years ago. It was on the way down from Mannlichen, our second hike, a very pleasant 7 hour hike ascending around 1200 m. |
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| Baaaaaaah! |
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| The third hike, from Grindelwald to Bussalp to Bachsee and down, sent us to our highest point yet (2600 m). At the top it was a boulder field with the path marked by painted rocks. |
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| Confusion... |
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| Bachsee! |
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| The mighty Eiger! |
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| The mighty mushroom... Mario had recently taken a bite out of the back left before bounding away to do battle with many a koopa troopa. |
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| Tank and Cara, if you ever read our blog... this one's for you. |
