We spent the most days in Lauterbrunnen. It was the only AirBnB we reserved, and it ended up amazingly well.
The chateau was hundreds of years old — with low ceilings (almost too low for Micah), but it was awesome. It was located in Lauterbrunnen, which is at the base of the Alps (and Murren & Jungfrau), and right above Interlaken. Basically it was in the perfect spot!
Our chateau was next to a running stream, steps away from a waterfall, among meadows filled with wildflowers, had a swing set that entertained the kids for hours, had the perfect amount of beds for our crew (even though they preferred to cuddle up), had a perfect dining nook for all of us to enjoy Micah’s gourmet dinners, had really nice neighbors who loved our kids and their shenanigans, had a mini tramp that the kids were obsessed with, had a crazy steep cable-hike up the side of an Alp, and was a short drive from every single cool thing around! I could have easily stayed for another week without even flinching! It was awesome.
There is no doubt that the highlight of the kid’s trip was paragliding over Interlaken. They were all completely willing and ready to go — without any sort of hesitation. Micah and I went too, and it was awesome. When I went to Interlaken many years ago, I called to see if I could paraglide. We ended up having to leave to Germany too quickly, so I have always wanted to return to go. Dream fulfilled! Our only regret, is that we didn’t have Pippi and my mom go. Both said they would have after we asked. Bummer!
Another highlight was going back to Murren — where I had stayed years before. We had to take two gondolas up to the no-car city. When we got there, the scenery was spectacular, my kids drank from every fountain, and Pippi continually found wild moss for me! (I love wild moss…pretty cute she knows that!)
Above Murren, we took the funicular to “Flower Park”. It was an incredibly cute park, that the kids were obsessed with. But I was obsessed with the “happy cows” who were just roaming the mountainside with their cowbells ringing. It was an experience you can’t create. It was awesome. The best, was Scout kept putting grass in the side of his hat, and the cows kept licking it out. When they call these cows happy, I really think they are. With their views, and their constant green grass to gaze on…what a life!
The only bust day was when we went to Junfrau. It was supposedly a must-do, but by the time we got to “The Top of Europe”, everything (skiing, sledding, zip lines) was closing down. So Scout was rad, and put a bag on himself, and did his own sledding! He is rad! And Navy took Pippi down the way to some pretty soft snow, and made a snowman with Pips. Navy is rad! The ice caves were pretty awesome. Especially when Pippi spotted the frozen guy from Ice Age! So even though it was a bust — we had a great time.
And how rad is Nonnie, who played SlapJack on the way up and down with the kids!
And how awesome is it, when you get Lindt chocolate passed out from the conductor!
Obviously we didn’t leave Switzerland without some fondue.
I LOVED it — especially the cheese.
The kids LOVED the chocolate.
And finally…
I promised Navy many months ago, to take her to a chocolate making class. It was way more fun than we even thought it would be. We learned a ton, and both got to make three chocolate bars. It was so fun to take two hours away from everybody, and have a special date with my cutest girl!
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Switzerland…I am so glad we spent the most time with you. you are a sight for sore eyes…and you delivered on all of my promises (I made to the kids!).
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