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We had such a fabulous day on Saturday in the Berner/Bernese Oberland which is about a three hour drive from us.  It is such a beautiful place.  Its definitely a place we'd love to take anyone that visits.  We left around 8 am, and came home around 11 pm I think.  When we got there we were so excited because the weather was gorgeous and clear, and that meant it would be worth going to the top the "Schilthorn," on the gondola that stops in a total of 4 places.  Its the only way up to these towns.  Who thought of building up there?  And then undertook to create an amazing gondola all the way up!  I am impressed and awed by all of it. 

After hanging out in the snow for awhile (how cool that in August you can do that, which for me is probably the only time I'd want to with my low tolerance for cold), we headed down to Murren where we did a "Children's Adventure hike."  Don't be decieved (as I was), "Children's" does not mean easy or short.  It was quite difficult, rigorous and steep and much longer than we ever discovered.  It was an adventure and beautiful though.  "Children's" refers to the fact that there are playground things for the kids along the way, if the kids and their parents can make it, which in our case we only got a bit past the first playground.  But what an extremely picturesque place!  Then we went down to tiny little Gimmelwald where they have cheese shacks, cows and goats and other animals roaming along the steep grassy mountainside, and quintessential Swiss style homes with flowers blooming out of every windowsill and balcony.  Then we actually ate in Lauterbrunnen which is at the bottom before the gondola, at a restaurant at Hotel Oberland.  We had some Swiss classics and enjoyed a gorgeous view from our patio location.  It was really a lovely day that I'm so glad we experienced!