“Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battula
What a glorious sight and sound‼️
Seeing these chamois in the high valleys – a type of mountain goat – was always a bit of a thrill.
“Well, check out this band of renegades – looking for trouble?!”
Oh! Or maybe for a stuffed animal as a souvenir. 🤭
When we saw that we could ride atop the cable car up to the top of the mountain we both said, “Oh, heck no!”
But on second thought…And, you know what? It was a VERY coolthing to do!We rented bikes a couple of times in the Lauterbrunnen Valley – our first timeon ebikes. I have to stop here and say to my girlfriend and gardening partner – “Annie-Bo-Bannie, I get what you’ve been saying! Maybe not this year but definitely in our future.” Anyway, the rides were just amazing – deep in the valley, surrounded by high mountains and waterfalls abound!
While riding through a village, I spotted this on the side of the road and I had to take a pic – Swiss vending machines sell cheese & eggs – pretty cool.
And I just loved the cows with the fuzzy ears – so sweet.
We traversed up and down steep mountains in these cog rail trains, propelled by…cogs, of course.One trip took almost an hour to climb 7,000 feet to Schynige Platte, in this open air car that was also driven on cog rails.This is a very common sight in the mountains. Paragliders everywhere, floating high above the mountains, into the valleys below for bird’s eye views.It’s all fun and games until a strong breeze comes up or the “jumper” miscalculates how close he/she is to the face of the mountain. This guy had to hang from his ropes, hundreds of feet above the ground, for about an hour until…he was airlifted to safety. Of course, we were concerned and asked around. A woman at the TI (travel information) told us, “Well, we heard sirens so that indicates he’s still alive.” Turns out it quite a frequent occurrence around here!Bringing the cows down from the high meadows into the lower ones calls for a parade. Not quite as melodic as the cow bell video I posted a few days ago – but worthy of a look.
I don’t know what you think, but she looks to me to be a bit embarrassed to have this ridiculous headdress on. 🤷🏾♀️
Wonderful waterfall! So much excitement and drama in this post, from the daring ride on the cable car, to the diva cows (such heavy bells, as well as the nodding floral headgear!) and the poor guy who had to be airlifted – hopefully he was OK. I can’t imagine throwing myself off a cliff to paraglide, but I’m 100% for the e-bikes. I bet the views were amazing.
Murphys on the Move 
Very brave to be riding on top of the cable car!
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Seriously, it wasn’t as scary as it looks and also why we don’t tell you what we’re doing until afterwards 😂
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I would be embarrassed too if I had to wear that headdress! What an amazing trip you have had!
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Wonderful waterfall! So much excitement and drama in this post, from the daring ride on the cable car, to the diva cows (such heavy bells, as well as the nodding floral headgear!) and the poor guy who had to be airlifted – hopefully he was OK. I can’t imagine throwing myself off a cliff to paraglide, but I’m 100% for the e-bikes. I bet the views were amazing.
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Sooo beautiful‼️
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