We had only a couple of wishes for our Swiss vacation: a cable car ride (Michael), to visit a farm and buy real, unprocessed cheese (me), to go on a boat ride (Jay), to throw stones in gushing rivers (Nils) and to visit a cave (rainy day backup). We got to do all that and more.
On day 2 we went on a gondola ride. More specifically, we took a big circle and rode a train up a mountain to a cable car. Then we took an 8 minute cable car further up the mountain. From there we took a half hour gondola ride back down the mountain to another set of trains and finally back to our car. Whew! Nils was so wiped out by the end that he fell asleep in Michael's arms on the train.
The train ride was cool- the tracks have teeth so they can grip the cars when they go up the mountain. I am not so good with heights, but I still wanted to do all this (the big trip was my idea). I was a little worried that I'd lose my breakfast, but I made it! There's a photo of me holding Nils before the cable car even leaves the station and I have a nervous smile on my face. And cable cars are huge- it is not easy to rock them. Imagine my anxiety as we approached the half hour gondola ride! By the way, this is one of the very few photos that you will see of me on this blog!
There's also a photo here of Nils looking like "Oh damn, there go mom and dad trying to cram some culture in me again."
Of course, as soon as the kids saw snow they ran for it. But it's muddy snow and Nils lost a shoe right away and got mud all over his sock and pants. Our house had a washer, but no dryer, and we didn't have too many pairs of long pants with us! And only on day two....
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