The weather was OK on Saturday and we went on a hike. The Mascaros drove us out to Hoch-Ybrig. The Baumanns met us there. We rode a gondola and then a chairlift to the top where we could hike along the ridge. I’m sure it would have been beautiful if we could have seen anything. 🙂 Yes, there was cloud cover, but we could still see all the cows grazing on the trail. And what’s more, we could hear them. Their cowbells carry all through the valley! It sort of gives the Swiss chateaus the feel of a busy intersection. We didn’t have very much time so we had to run. The last chairlift shuts down at 4:40 pm, and if you are not on it then you had better start looking for dry kindling.  It was cold.

We looked all over for a restaurant where we could have fondue. Some restaurants were too loud. Others were too quiet and we were worried about bringing kids in there. Lots were closed. Finally Nik negotiated our way into a quaint farmhouse. They had already put cheese on the stove when they heard from a friend that we were coming. (Someone had called ahead from the last restaurant where we had asked for directions.) So we actually didn’t even have a choice of what to order. 😕 It was stressful on Nik, because everyone was looking to him to find the perfect place and explain everything we needed to the owner. We would have never found the place. It was out… way out. But it was packed. The fondue was really good.