Emily joined Katie in Germany and our family took a road trip to Switzerland. We went back to Murren where we spent a few days two years ago with friends. It is such an amazingly beautiful area, we had to return with the girls. Murren is a small village only accessible by cable car up a steep slope to a plateau/cliff that the town sits on. There are wonderful views of the three 13,000+ foot peaks in this area: Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau.
Our weather was really great for viewing the peaks and we hiked along the edge of the plateau to get some fabulous morning views. Our innkeepers were the same from 2 years ago - Oti and Ruth of the Bellevue Hotel in Murren.
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| Milk cows grazing along the rim of the cliff overlooking the valley leading to Interlaken. |
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| A completely natural pose for these girls. Above us, the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. |
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| Our view from the Bellevue patio. |
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| Emily couldn't resist this opportunity for a yoga pose over the valley. |
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| A precarious perch on the edge of Murren. |
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| Following the railroad along the edge of the mountain. |
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| This chalet is typical Swiss style complete with the cowbells. MORE COWBELL!! |
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| Trummelbach Falls runs through the middle of a mountain. |
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| Prepared for getting sprayed by the thundering falls. |
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| Another close-up view of Eiger and Monch. |
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| The view from our morning hike along the plateau edge from Murren to Grutschalp. |
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| When we returned to Wiesbaden, Katie and Sara took a paddleboat around Kurhaus pond. Sara was also visiting her expat parents this summer. |
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| Pete and I had to remake our original picture taken during our first winefest back in August 2009. I wore the same shirt and Pete added more gray hair. |
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| A view from the main winefest area with the Market Church and Rathaus. |
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| Our friends Laura and Ed joined us for an evening at our favorite festival. There are many festivals throughout Germany, but the Wiesbaden Weinwoche is considered the largest wine festival in Europe. |
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| As we left this evening, we just had a light rain that produced this lovely rainbow leading to the market church. |
Tschuss!!
Hey Egarts- what a great four years you've had! Thanks for keeping the blog. Badly need to catch up. How long do you expect to remain in Germany? I am in Europe at least twice each year and could show up some day at your doorstep. Check out our new enterprise: www.simioniimports.com. All is well at our end. Terry and I are still in LOL living the good life. Hope to reconnect soon. Love B&T
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