Woke up and got ready for a day trip to the Alps! We took a train to Interlocken, next we took another train to a smaller town surrounded by alps and waterfalls, and then we took a cable car up the mountain to a small village and a couple more cable cars until we were at the top of an ALP! It was very scary for someone who doesn't like heights but on a good day it would have been an amazing view. Unfortunately for us it was cloudy but the experience was very cool. Just don't try to run at that altitude will be hard to catch your breath as I found out. We ate lunch at the top in the first ever turning restaurant. Also it was a location of the first James Bond movie. The white flower is edelweiss.
We met a group of two grandparents traveling with their grand-daughters who were from California. One the goes to San Fran. State. They helped us understand the cable car system in the train.
The Swiss very much cherish their cows. The families that own the herds never make a profit with government help they break even every year. The reason it is important is because of tradition. These cows are important to their heritage with cheese etc. In the summer they take the cows up the alps with big bells around their necks and by winter start bringing them down into the valley again stopping at little huts and feeding them hay collected in their fields along the way as the grass is covered by snow. It was told to us that the children of these families argue to see who gets the herd when they are old enough. We saw a few of these cows on our trip.
When we left that night we went back to Zurich for some dinner and possible shopping though most the stores were closed by the time we got back. We ate at another restaurant in the same part of town as our first night, this was not as good. The following day June 29th we leave for Milan.
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