after milan, we continued on our way to the lauterbrunnen valley. rick steves told us to go to the berner oberland, and nowhere else. i guess we'll have to save zermatt for when we are royal like william and kate. but lauterbrunnen is beautiful, and so is the train ride there from milano!
the mountains get less green and more snowy as you climb.
i brought some parmesan and asiago on the train from venice.
and now we're in switzerland.
alpine lake...
we took the train along the edge of the lake, and then went in a tunnel below it. oh yes.
and then we had to get on the local swiss train, at interlaken, so that we could make it up to lauterbrunnen.
this town is about thisbig. so you can just walk from the train station to your hotel. no big deal!
ryan's a creeper. i don't know what to tell you. this is another of his "susanne from behind" series. i think it'll be a life-long series.
this is an adorable graveyard!
see, there's a little garden in front of every tombstone.
this valley is called the valley of 600 (i think) waterfalls. we didn't count 600, but there were LOTS.
i like the roofs with grass on them.
swiss sheep.
do not set of fireworks. do not do it. do you understand??
look, this is the number you call for when you want to paraglide in the mountains. we did not do this. mostly because i am not completely stupid (not that paragliding is stupid-- it is-- but doing it for the first time in the alps? that's pretty stupid. even the people in this valley think it's stupid. only tourists do it. so there.).
firewood sheds. i guess the mountain people like to have 3 years of firewood stored up, because they like to "season" it for 3 years before they burn it. so there's a need for firewood sheds, you see.
also, there are gnomes. get ready, there will be more. i found out when i got home that gnome ownership is a very big deal in switzerland, especially in the rural areas. people collect gnomes from all over, and often paint them themselves. you just wait. i LOVED it.
swiss are fond of their flag too. what's not to like?
i liked the pasture land here. it's all sort of different leaves and weeds and grasses and flowers. i imagine the milk from the cows that eat this highly varied diet is very nutritious.
we went to the hotel oberland for dinner, which is my favorite restaurant in the whole world, probably. this is a crazy salad. there's actually 4 different salads (one of chickpeas, one of carrots and raisins and mayo, one of corn and green beans with curry powder, and one of lettuces) all together. weird but good.
i enjoy having my picture taken.
ryan and the scenery.
my dinner. this is oberland rosti. it's shredded potatoes with onion and bacon bits, which is fried into a big hashbrown, and then topped with gruyere and put under the broiler. then there's a fried egg on top. it is DANGEROUSLY good.
ryan got indian curry rosti. this area of switzerland is often used in bollywood films, and so the area is very popular with indian tourists. all of the menus have some indian variations
i ate it all up. yikes.
oh jerry- that's how i feel about cheese too!!
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