Gryon

Today I hiked to Gryon, another small mountain town with older chalets. This is my favorite part of the mountain range:

The town below:

Another town in the distance:

So many chalets scattered everywhere!

I walked along this bridge:

And saw this creepy/cool cemetery:

Mimi

This is Mimi. She is 70 years old. She is the grandmother of the girls, Alexandra's mother. She is amazing. I want to be just like her when I get old. More details to follow soon.

Bretaye

This is where I ate lunch with the family today:

This was our view:

Col de Bretaye is the last stop of the train.

Skiers:

I am currently making a stop-animation film! Stay tuned folks, it's going to magical, I promise.

Col de Soud

After we had lunch at this restaurant I hiked down the mountain. It should have taken 45 minutes but it took my almost an hour and a half because a) I'm not so skilled at walking in snow boots in the snow and b) I stopped to take photos every 5 seconds.

The skiers go through that underground tunnel:

The beginning of the hike:

The trail:

skiers! (that word looks so wrong to me)

This is a lovely little house thing. It's completely open, so it's like a shack. Well no, not a shack. It's a house that only has walls. Well actually, it only has three walls and a roof. In the spring/summer people picnic here.

This is the view from the hut thing:

There is another town off in the distance but I don't know which town it is.

Beautiful Villars:

Chalets are sprinkled everywhere:

This is my favorite part of the mountain range:

I don't think anyone was home which was good because I was basically in their 'front yard' for a good 10 minutes...

This is what a typical Swiss chalet looks like:

The town:

Snowy rooftops:

icicles!!!

Here are the traintracks:

The train is only 2-3 cars long:

This screams Christmas:

VIVE LA SUISSE!

I will.