Theresa and I finally found a great hiking trail with barely anybody on it! :-) (Remind me never to come to Europe in July again...) We took the train up to a mountain town called Murren, where we followed "The Flower Trail" for about and hour and a half or so, mostly uphill, through gourgeous alpine meadows. While the flowers seemed to be past their peak, the views of the Eiger and Jungfraujoch mountains were stunning. The trail was complete with benches along the way so that we could sit, have a snack, and just enjoy the view, and ended at a restaurant where we had drinks and some "hash browns with ham and melted cheese" that hit the spot!
The best part of the hike was at the end, right in front of the restuarant, where there was a path of varying types of rocks and stones that led to a water bath. The instructions were to take off your shoes and walk barefoot over the rocks to stimulate the nerve endings in your feet. The walk ended with a ice water bath, that you were to "walk through like a stork" and when you feel "prickly" you're done. Naturally, I made Turbo go first! :-) But after her rave reviews of how good her feet felt afterwards, I had to follow.
And now we are just chillin', watching the Tour, and listening to the rain outside.
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