Chris programmed the GPS to avoid the freeway, and take us south through the Berner Oberland. It took us about 3.5 hours to get home, but it was totally worth it. We had brought movies for the kids to watch, but we didn’t turn them on until it got dark and we were almost home. Everyone was too busy staring out the windows at the gorgeousness instead. This is just a small sampling of the beauty we saw.
I so want to live in one of these chalets. We passed little villages made up entirely of these things. The wood contrasted so beautifully with the green meadows. sigh
Can you imagine being able to look out your window and see that waterfall every.single.day? And look, they already have a dusting of snow on their roof.
Looks like a tourism ad, doesn’t it? I have never seen so many chalets so close together before. I was kind of thinking it was just a stereotype other people had of Switzerland, but no, they really are the house of choice in certain areas of the country. I may like them even better than the Appenzeller house/barns.
Christmas trees galore, with a beautiful dusting of snow. We had seen the snow up on the tops of the mountains when we were down in the valley, and now we were up with it!
We kept having to yawn and drink water to pop our ears. We were at quite a high altitude.
Chris is pretty sure that’s a glacier over there. This drive made me really excited to take some hiking trips with the kids in the spring. Alexandra should be old enough to walk on her own now, at least most of the way. And there are so many trails where you can take a gondola up and then walk down. We really need to take better advantage of the great opportunities we have here.
At one point, Alexandra was asking when she could watch her movie. 
And Sophie piped up with, “Nature is better than a movie!” Well said, Sophie. Well said!
