The weather has been beautiful this week so we have been able to do some fun things outside. On Saturday we went with the Mascaros and the Jacksons to a little campground in Austria. From what we have seen camping is not near as private as in the states. Everyone just sets up camp all in the same place. Elisa and I both went swimming in the chilly water. I even went wading before I had changed all my clothes, because two of the kids tripped at the same time and were having trouble keeping their heads above water. The river was really nice and we had a campfire and even smores! Everyone kept passing us so inquisitively as we roasted our marshmallows. One lady finally stopped and asked if we were roasting “Käse” (cheese). We were able to treat her and her two grandkids to their very first marshmallows. The kids caught some trout at a little man-made trout fed pond. Matt cooked it up over the fire and it was delicious! It was a great time together.
Sunday afternoon we met up with some families from the ward and we went up to the hills over Zürich. Everyone had brought their dinner to roast over a fire. Chad and I didn’t know that was what we were doing but were amused as everyone creatively tried to cook their different things. The Baumanns showed us how to make snake bread. They had brought some dough and we wrapped a long thin piece of it around the end of a stick and then “baked” it over the fire. It was super tasty and fun to see the Swiss traditions. We also came home with 144 photos. Most were taken by Sienna. We kept the 3 photos that were in focus on people’s faces.