Some Swiss Scenery

[trusty elf]

Last edited Thu Oct 10, 2013, 01:02 PM - Edit history (1)

My wife and I spent a lovely week in the Alps, in a cozy little cabin in the middle of a Unesco World Heritage site.

Just by chance, while walking up a mountain road outside of Kandersteg, we happened to encounter the yearly "Alpabfahrt", or leading of the livestock down to a lower valley to spend the winter. The farmers, their kids and even the cows dress up in traditional costumes for the procession.

[IMG][/IMG]

[IMG][/IMG]

Mostly things went smoothly, except for this:

[IMG][/IMG]

This is where the procession started out in a higher valley.

[IMG][/IMG]

The whole area is full of spectacular scenery.

[IMG][/IMG]

[IMG][/IMG]

[IMG][/IMG]

The little cabin where we spent a week.

[IMG][/IMG]

[IMG][/IMG]

[IMG][/IMG]

Well, I don't want to overdo it with the vacation pics.

[Little Star]

1. Beautiful!

[trusty elf]

22. Thank you, Little Star.

[Solly Mack]

2. Lovely! Wonderful!

Thank you for sharing these!

What a beautiful area.

You know, those 2 head butting tell a story.

[trusty elf]

19. Thanks for commenting, Solly Mack...

The head butting pic isn't really special enough to enter in that storytelling contest, I feel.

What about something like this?

[IMG][/IMG]

[Solly Mack]

24. I like that! What is the story behind it?

[Grey]

3. Magical..... nt

[trusty elf]

23. We were lucky that the weather cooperated...for a few days at least.

After that the clouds descended and you couldn't see much at all any more.

Thanks!

[Mira]

4. Deep breaths. How gorgeous.

I hope so much this will be pulled to the front so more will see it.
The bells would infuriate me if I were a cow.

[trusty elf]

13. Hi Mira!

I want to go up there more often. It's only an hour and a half's drive from where we live. A good friend of my wife's owns that little cottage, which means that we can use it practically any time. I bet in the spring it's really beautiful.



I couldn't help myself-I've been trying to make some photoshop pics with cave monsters.

Haven't quite gotten it right yet....

[IMG][/IMG]

[Mira]

25. Hi back at you

Thank you for the cave monster, it made me laugh out loud, remembering that we first we connected after I spied a tiny UFO in a landscape photo of yours and learned you were the photoshop KING.
Glad you are had such a great experience.
I'd be using that cabin in the spring if I were you!

[freshwest]

5. Lucky you! And thanks for sharing this with us! Very comforting to see such scenery.

[trusty elf]

21. Happy to share them with you, freshwest.

[CrispyQ]

6. These are wonderful!

The cabin is charming! Love the cows with the flowers.

[trusty elf]

12. Thanks, Crispy Q!

Here's another shot of the cabin:



[IMG][/IMG]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Your pictures are so wonderful!

Switzerland is a lovely country......grand scenery!

Thank you for taking us along...

[trusty elf]

11. Glad you enjoyed them, California Peggy!

Here's another!

[IMG][/IMG]

[liberal N proud]

8. Makes me want to go back

My wife and I spent our 25th anniversary in Lauterbrunnen and then drove over to Kandersteg and took the autotrain through to the Valais and then back around to Montruex.

We rented a cute little BMW for the trip.


The Alps are incredible.

[trusty elf]

10. The Alps are indeed incredible.

No photo can really do them them justice, or at least, mine can't. Your anniversary trip must have been very cool. It's a weird feeling, isn't it, driving one's car onto that train and then being transported through the tunnel.

[liberal N proud]

14. But the story I have is incredible

There was a minivan behind us, no big deal right. I learned when we got into the tunnel there was a young couple in the van. I would not have notice had the young lady not bumped the turn signal as she was riding her partner. Ii am sitting there when I see flasflashing behind me, so I look in the mirror and I see her but in the windshield. They were definitely exhibitionist because they had the cabin light on.

Whoopie in the Alps!

[trusty elf]

20. Ha ha!

That makes me think of a bumper sticker I saw somewhere: "If this van is rockin', don't come a knockin'!"

[Auntie Bush]

9. Thanks for sharing! I didn't appreciate just how rugged those mountains were. We were

there skiing in the late 60ies following a 2 day snowstorm. Even the skiing was shut down for a day or so. Got to do some shopping...mostly window shopping. The peaks were so covered with snow we couldn't see all those rugged/ragged peaks...now I have a new found appreciation of how awesome they are. Thanks again!

PS If you ever go there be sure to check out Austria. I think it's even more beautiful than Switzerland. All those lovely "Swiss" Chalets are mostly in Austria as Switzerland is more commercial....but still beautiful.

[trusty elf]

17. Austria is beautiful too, indeed.

I'm not as familiar with it as I am with Switzerland, but I know some gorgeous places there too.

Glad you enjoyed the photos.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Thanks, that was fun

especially the cows.

[trusty elf]

16. You're welcome!

Here's another cow for you.

[IMG][/IMG]

[trusty elf]

18. I'm reminded of this:

[IMG][/IMG]