Wednesday, December 3, 2008

A wonderful Thanksgiving!

What an awesome week we had for Thanksgiving! It started on the Sunday before Thanksgiving with an very tasty Thanksgiving meal at the Hospitality House (one of the ministries going on here in Heidelberg). Then Tuesday of that week the Dining Facility at Matt's work had their formal Thanksgiving meal, which was also so very good! And finally for Thanksgiving Day itself we were off to.....

Switzerland!!

Yes, again. Can't get enough of that place! We actually went down with a group of folks who go to the Hospitality House, and had such a good time. This time we were in Interlaken, it was truly beautiful! The snowy mountains all around us were incredible!

We had a ton of fun touring around Interlaken and some of the surrounding area, and some of us had a great day sledding! We literally sled down a mountain, yes a mountain, really. It took two hours to go on one run...yes we had to stop some, and yes we got lost, and yes we ended up on a road dodging cars...very exciting. The second run was a little shorter (we only went halfway down the mountain) but still had the same adventurous feel, we took a wrong turn and decided the best way to get back was to go down the "closed" area, we had a humorous time going down steep slopes that at some points had snow hip deep. Our third run went off with out a hitch, that was until the ski patrol caught up with us and escorted off the mountain...(it was closing time and I'm pretty sure we were the only ones left!)
Here are some pics from our weekend!

The Hostel's Dog, couldn't resist this pic!

Comin' round the bend!


Stuck in the snow!

Group Picture!

1 comment:

Emily said...

That looks like the best Thanksgiving EVER!!! I would LOVE to have a day of sledding down a mountain in Switzerland. Have you and Matt ever been to Gimmelwald? My sister and I stayed there almost ten years ago and it was one of the MOST beautiful places I have EVER been. You two should absolutely go before (or if)you ever move back to the US. I wish that we could see you guys when you are here for Christmas, maybe next trip.