We arrived in the valley of Lauterbrunnen Switzerland just in time for Christmas dinner – with snow covered trees and mountains surrounding the camp where we stayed.
We all stayed in cabins – I loved going from the bustling streets of Paris to the small country town of Lauterbrunnen, where there was literally one main street in the village!
As you may have guessed from the Lauterbrunnen name, the town is Swiss-German, and the people of Switzerland can speak a mixture of the French, German-Swiss, Swiss, and English language.
Lauterbrunnen and Switzerland are beautiful, especially in the heart of winter! Mountains surrounded the valley and as far as I looked all I could see where mountains covered in pine trees topped with white glistening snow. The snow was the freshest, whitest, most crisp snow I have ever seen – as well as the deepest and most snow I have ever witnessed. It was the best truly ‘white Christmas’ I have ever experienced.
It was nice to relax, yet there is still plenty to do in Lauterbrunnen. Many people were skiing, there were cable cars that climbed the mountain, and the shops sold real wooden toboggan sleds! In addition to real toboggan sleds, there were also shops with real Swiss coo-coo clocks, Swiss watches, and Swiss Knives!
We treated ourselves to Swiss cheese and Swiss chocolate fondue – which was both fun and delicious to eat! Then I had the most amazing hot chocolate of my life, made with milky white Swiss chocolate!
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