Europe Trip - Switzerland

On the train going from Vienna to Zurich. It was absolutely gorgeous! About 9 hours long, but it was like being on a scenic tour train. We stayed in Winterthur, just outside of Zurich, with the Neukomm family. Jenifer Neukomm was one of my last mission companions. After a day with them the father and Jenifer took us up to their family cabin in the mountains for a few days. It was like heaven! It was everything I've ever stereotyped the alps as. It was one of my favorite stops.

 If you've been to Ouray, CO you know that its nickname is Little Switzerland. It's completely true. There were so many little villages that reminded us so much of Ouray. Here is a view of some mountains from the train.

 A castle on the hill. Mountains surrounding us and crossing an idyllic river.

Benjamin loved looking out the windows of the trains. 

We took a train to see a fortress.

 Here is the valley where we stayed for a couple days in their family cabin. It was idyllic. We stayed in their family's 200+ year old cabin that still had ancient furniture and keepsakes inside. It was like a museum. They even had the stove that you had to put the fire in and the big ceramic fireplace that took up a chunk of the living room. 

Here is the view from the top of the mountain where we hiked.

 We took a lift up to the top of the mountain where there is a ski village that only has horse drawn buggies, ATVs and miniature trucks, because they don't have any way to transport cars up there! It was an hour walk to go to their cousin's restaurant that is only accessible by foot.

    

Here is their family's restaurant. They either raise/grow all the food or else it has to be brought in by helicopter!

Inside the restaurant. Benjamin was happy because after sleeping in the wrap (Lamoni carried him both ways!) the entire hike he proceeded to explode his diaper and soaked through everything, including his snow suit! 

I can't believe this is the only picture we have of Jenifer. We must have more pictures somewhere. Our camera broke on the train ride to Switzerland so it was hard to take pictures! These are all from Lamoni's iphone.

We did a whole bunch of fun things in Switzerland. Next time we go back we'll have to go with lots of money because it's EXPENSIVE!!! We toured Laderach chocolate factory, saw a family dairy in the tiny village, walked around Wintertur, made Mexican food for the Neukomm family and much more!