I love the Alps!

So I never would have guessed last Christmas that I would be spending this Christmas in Switzerland! It is so beautiful. Just like the pictures in the tour books. The skiing is fantastic and our chalet is wonderful! We are having a great time. The only thing missing is our family. Hopefully Skype will work and everyone will be home!

We arrived in Grindelwald on Saturday after spending Friday night in Bern. Bern was wonderful too. We enjoyed the Christmas markets and a great Italian dinner. When we first arrived in Grindelwald we had a tough time finding our chalet. It is an actual town, but there are no street names! Our directions were all landmarks. We missed the very last one, a pole with a safety crossing sign on it, and we went too far down the hill. Once we realized we were too far we couldn't get the car back up the 20 degree incline. We spent 45 minutes trying unsuccessfully to put tire chains on. Then Larry decided to give it one more try. We buckled in and he floored it. Well we still didn't make it! Luckly a nice couple in a little car offered to pull us up (in a huge luggage filled mini van). Turned out Grandma was in the back of their car and they had her get out and walk up the hill to direct traffic! So 70+ grandma hiked up hill while we felt like idoits in our huge American van. We eventually made it and all was well. Our place is great, it's about 900 sq.ft. in a great location. We have a small Christmas tree that is quickly going bare as Landon continues to pull off one ornament at a time. We have built snowmen and went ice skating. Alianna started ski school today and Landon did well in the nursery. We all took the gondola up to the top of Mannlichen. It was a 30 minute ride and the kids loved it! The nursery is at the top so we could check in on Landon throughout the morning.

well that brings you up to date with our trip so far. I will hopefully post some photos and/or video soon.