This place is so beautiful! I love it here. The green is awesome for me to see. I have never seen so many hills, and green hills at that. We are having a lot of great adventures. Last week we had a chance to hang out with the Kempas, the people we are staying with. It was a pretty sunny day, but all the alps were clouded unfortunately. They took us through the countryside of the Emmental. The pictures we took of the country do not seem to do it justice. You could see hills filled with fields as far as you could see, then after that were mountains as far as you could see. I loved it! There were random waterfalls off the sides of mountains because of snow melt. Something I had never seen. It was beautiful. We were able to climb up to one and stand behind it. It was really cold water. Most of the water seemed to just blow into the air, but the rest just trickled into a small brook at the bottom. It was really cool. We could see alps in the distance there as well. It was fun being with Heinz and Ruth. They love to show us the beauties of their country and all it has to offer. We love it as well. It was funny because they insisted that we wear hats. They said you will be too hot and the sun will burn you. We told them that we were used to being hot but as you can see we lost that battle and just wore the hats. Brett actually liked wearing his hat... maybe a little too much.
We finished that day by going through a beautiful canyon. It had a tunnel along the side that you could walk through the canyon in. There was a bridge along the mountain line above the water of the canyon that people could walk on. We loved it. It was very cold in there though. The water looked as though it had a lot of minerals in it. It was like a light green color. It was very cool. They used the bridge and canyon as a hiding place in one of the World Wars. I couldn't understand everything because it was German, but it was cool. My camera died half way through the canyon so I didn't get as many great shots as I would have liked. It was funny because there was an older couple walking with their dog on through this canyon. You could tell the dog was not enjoying it one bit. His head was down and did not want to stop for anything. We were laughing a while about that. On our way home I got car sick. The roads here are anything but straight and everyone likes to see how close they can get to the other side without getting hit by the on coming cars. I was not feeling so hot. I thought that we might die literally 3 times. I kept looking at Brett like it was my last time to see him. There are crazy drivers here including the driver in our own car! It makes for a thrilling ride though. We made home safe through after a long day. It was great to see some of the natural Swiss beauties.
The Kempas have a cherry tree. A pretty tall one. The first time that I have ever seen a cherry tree actually. We got to pick them! Brett was on the ladder one night just picking cherries. It is really great! The cherries are very yummy. Fresh cherries are wonderful. Heinz loved having Brett there to help. The next day that Brett was there to pick from the top branches because he was at work, Heinz chopped off all the top branches and we all sat outside picking off the remaining cherries. It was pretty fun, not something I get to do all the time. I would love to have a cherry tree. They are just so cute. While we were out there it started raining and I was told to pick faster so they don't get too much water in them and explode. Never heard of that. We picked about 20 to 30 pounds of cherries that day. Now we have cherry jam, cherry pie, frozen cherries, and cherries any time that we go for a walk or need something sweet after dinner. It is great! I took some pictures of them because they were just too cute!
We are loving everything about this beautiful place!
This place is so beautiful! I love it here. The green is awesome for me to see. I have never seen so many hills, and green hills at that. We are having a lot of great adventures. Last week we had a chance to hang out with the Kempas, the people we are staying with. It was a pretty sunny day, but all the alps were clouded unfortunately. They took us through the countryside of the Emmental. The pictures we took of the country do not seem to do it justice. You could see hills filled with fields as far as you could see, then after that were mountains as far as you could see. I loved it! There were random waterfalls off the sides of mountains because of snow melt. Something I had never seen. It was beautiful. We were able to climb up to one and stand behind it. It was really cold water. Most of the water seemed to just blow into the air, but the rest just trickled into a small brook at the bottom. It was really cool. We could see alps in the distance there as well. It was fun being with Heinz and Ruth. They love to show us the beauties of their country and all it has to offer. We love it as well. It was funny because they insisted that we wear hats. They said you will be too hot and the sun will burn you. We told them that we were used to being hot but as you can see we lost that battle and just wore the hats. Brett actually liked wearing his hat... maybe a little too much.
The Kempas have a cherry tree. A pretty tall one. The first time that I have ever seen a cherry tree actually. We got to pick them! Brett was on the ladder one night just picking cherries. It is really great! The cherries are very yummy. Fresh cherries are wonderful. Heinz loved having Brett there to help. The next day that Brett was there to pick from the top branches because he was at work, Heinz chopped off all the top branches and we all sat outside picking off the remaining cherries. It was pretty fun, not something I get to do all the time. I would love to have a cherry tree. They are just so cute. While we were out there it started raining and I was told to pick faster so they don't get too much water in them and explode. Never heard of that. We picked about 20 to 30 pounds of cherries that day. Now we have cherry jam, cherry pie, frozen cherries, and cherries any time that we go for a walk or need something sweet after dinner. It is great! I took some pictures of them because they were just too cute!
We are loving everything about this beautiful place!
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