Grindelwald, Switzerland

On Sunday, we had to get out of the house. We had a good week but we spent a lot of time at home and Kate catching up on homework. We went on a road trip - Grindelwald. The ride was beautiful and it did not take quite 2 hours.

Grindelwald according to "Rick Steves" is just an expensive resort town. It probably is but it provided us with some fun for the day. We could have caught a train that would have taken us to the top of "Junfrau" but we are saving that for another day. If I am looking at the map correctly, I believe the mountain you see below is "Eiger".The following looked like a glacier. We had quite a bit of haze that day but in certain directions it was clear. There was a wedding at the church. The groom or the bride must have worked for the fire department or some type of mountain rescue. There were quite a few men in gear and the vehicles were parked out front. We tried to wait around because there was a line of about 20 people getting ready to ring the big cow bells but we finally gave up. Jason snapped a picture of the cemetary while we were waiting. The flowers were beautiful.
We did get a picture of the groom pulling a little wagon with the bride behind a cute little tractor. I felt sorry for the bride - the smoke was awful!
On our way home we stopped a couple of times to get some pictures. The leaves are just starting to really change here in Neuchatel but there was some color up in the mountains. It was fun to see the snow. We are having a warm spell and for Switzerland it looks very dry. We have not had a significant amount of rainfall in a very long time. The river looked low and very grey. I would like to see what it looks like when the snow is melting in the Spring. Just one more picture of that beautiful mountain!