Finally uploaded photos from our Europe trip (I know, I’m a slacker), would you like to see some details from our adventure? Thought I’d do it in stages. Today I’ll talk about Switzerland, tomorrow paragliding, and next week I’ll talk about Paris and Normandy. 

We stayed 4 nights in a mountain town near Interlaken called Lauterbrunnen. It’s snuggled right at the base of the Swiss Alps and a jumping off point for all sorts of adventures up in the mountains.

 I was struck by how beautiful the Swiss made everything. In addition to flower pots filled to the brim with pink, red and white flowers in every window frame they had gorgeous flower beds filling each burial plot in their cemeteries. Flowers really do make everything more lovely.

 Scattered on the alpine cliffs above Lauterbrunnen were dozens of little towns accessible by train and tram only. It’s amazing how they’ve sustained life up there!

My favorite part were the charming trains that took you up the steep twists and turns of the mountains to get between towns.

From any little mountain town you could start off on a really beautiful hikes or simply grab some Swiss fondue for lunch at a restaurant.

(or take a nap on the grass)

 We took one train that took us to the top of that peak above! To the right of that is the highest point in Europe, called the Jungfrau peak. From there we hiked (in the snow) over to a mountain hut and ate lunch.

The views were incredibly breathtaking! I was humming songs from Sound of Music all four days we were there, much to Jared’s delight.

One huge highlight was paragliding! Ahh! Stayed tuned for more on that tomorrow…