Waking to the sound of cow bells, a hundred or so in the hills above ain't all bad. Neither is this view from our window. We have to keep reminding ourselves it's real and not a screensaver!
Traditional Swiss breakfast with muesli, yogurt, bread and preserves and then off on a leisurely hike. Up and over the beautiful hills for panoramic views of Murren and Lauterbrunnen Valley. All the while The Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau Mountains calling to us for a visit. They will have to wait until tomorrow. Today was about fresh cheese and leisurely strolls! It's a vacation after all!
Pension Sonnenberg - our room is on the far right.
Just above our pension
This one's for you April!
After a snack of fresh cheese, salamis and vanilla milkshake at the house below, Scott and Sydney walked back the way we came documenting all the different gates we'd encountered.....Over 14 different styles of gates, latches, levers, etc.
Cheese presses
Shelby and Jana took the low road back to Murren and then the Cog up to Blumenthal. Everything is so well marked with estimated times to get where you're going.
Jana & Shelby walking on the low road
The afternoon found Scott & Jana wanting to explore the lower valley on bikes. It was clear all Fortunes were not enthusiastic about said plan so the girls stayed at the Pension while Jana and Scott went their separate ways; Scott to Interlaken for biz while Jana grocery shopped in Murren.
Jana loved her outing to the COOP (You say COOP we say CO OP) Grocery Store. So fun to compare products, see new things, etc. The store was so efficient; you print your own labels for produce, bag your own and at check out and the cashier directs where your groceries so as you are bagging, the next customer can be rung up.
A beautiful dusk on the patio reading while the girls whittled and played their version of the Hunger Games - "The Swiss Games". Fortunately they both came back alive for dinner!
FPOD
Shelby: Hike for fresh cheese, reenacting Hunger Games and walking with Mom.
Sydney: Waking up to a beautiful view, reenactment of Hunger Games & reading on my Kindle on the trampoline with the cows all around.
Jana: Walking time with each of the girls, grocery shopping & reading on the patio.
Scott: Hike to cheese house, lunch on the patio with Jungfrau & Monch in the background.
