OK, I pulled the
latest set of photos off the camera and onto Flickr. This set is from the birthday hike Jill and Boli (our dog) took me on a week ago in Langnau, between Bern and Interlaken. This photo is representative of the beautiful rolling terrain:
It was chilly out, with frost on the ground in many places and snow flurries in the air. We were happy to get into a traditional Swiss mountain top restaurant that was famous for their meringues (meringue cookies, not meringue pies -- I learned this after ordering) . . . and they make them big:
This put a serious gut buster on me for the hike down the ridge to the bus station! I'm all for taking calories in when exercising and training your body to metabolize and digest food, but this was excessive. And quite tasty.