The weather has been great whilst we have been in Switzerland, it is around 15 degrees with sunny patches, so even though there is that crisp feel to the air it is not that cold considering we are surrounded by snow capped mountains. After we had a day of rest to recover from the drive up here we decided the next morning to go for a hike in the mountains. The lady in the information centre upon us enquiring about a walking map, told us of a good walk to a lookout up in the hills behind the resort, I was slightly worried about the steepness of the walk, but no according to her "it wasnt steep" (but as I bent my neck back to see where it was she was telling us to walk I thought "yeah well she didnt live in nice flat Birchip for 30 years!!). Anyway off we went, and it was very steep for the early part of the walk, but not too bad once we got up high as the track spiralled around the mountain rather than going straight up. It was a beautiful walk, we didnt see another walker for the whole hike, it took us two hours to get up there and one hour to get back down. The tracks were good, either through forests with nice soft leaves on the ground or gravel tracks and a bit of bitumen road as well. We saw a couple of para gliders as we passed the spot where they jump off the mountain, we came across a paddock of cows high up in the hills, it was so nice to as we walked near to them to hear all their bells jingling, they just look so cute with these huge bells around their necks!! David and I both loved the walk, just so different to anything we have done before and it was just so quiet, we passed by crystal clear running streams, absolutely beautiful views with only the sound of the gravel under our shoes, the birds in the trees or the jingling cow bells. A walk we will always remember.
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