My garden last night and this morning

@Stephie Thats the problem with blossom trees - very ephemeral - the alpines are great - they just keep going and going. Become an alpine lover - all you need then is a pair of scissors !

@Captain Lucky for me, I grew up in an alpine region and I know what it feels like

@Stephie Oh glorious Switzerland oh glorious Muhren oh glorius Lauterbrunnen

@Captain Not so glorious Lauterbrunnen. It is the city in Switzerland with the highest taxes 🤣

But there are so many nice things in that area but unfortunately also many deaths due to wing flyers crashing against the walls. One of the most dangerous places in the world for that kind of sports.

@Stephie We went for our honeymoon to Hotel Eiger and walked up the Shilthorn to the piz gloria. Took the kids there on our 10th anniversary. Will never be able to afford to go again so glad we did it.

@Stephie I didnt know htat but then it has all those railways to upkeep. That ride along the cliff top to Muhren. I remember we sat in the car on our own as we went along the cliff and the cloud just cleared near the top of JungfrauJoch and pointed my wife to look at iyt and she said that;s not the mountains there is it and I just smiled (I'd been to Wengen before).

@Captain I know of a Hotel Eiger in Grindelwald, not too far away, at the foot of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. Yes, even for Swiss, the area is very expensive and going up with the train into the Jungfrau tunnel will cost you more than £100 a person. The Schilthorn is nice and that is where one of the James Bond was filmed (On her Majesty's Secret Service, with George Lazenby, Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas)

@Stephie We dird it all because I was rich in those days. We went up the Rothron, we did the treck forn First to Menlichen and went down that railway having cable car hopped form Nurhen to first, we went on the paddle boat rides both sides. If you pay the money to go there you've got to do it. It was miogical really because both times we went the weather was fab. We were there for fst August national day on honeymoon and ate all the puddings then walked to the open park in Muhren and lisytened to horns and yodelling whiule the moonlight lit the snowy mountain tops with the air crisp and dry and cool. terrific. I did notice all the militray tunnels. Talk about be prepared !!!