The one thing that strikes me when I go to the little villages in the mountains (besides the fact that the temperature is cold... especially coming from Washington), is how nice and neat houses are arranged, built and kept. In "les Diablerets", this feeling was again very much present. And even if the weather is not always at its best, there is always something to do. This time the village hosted the "mountain film festival". The funniest movie was about this French expedition team which had set itself the goal of crossing a mountain channel in Argentina in 45 days, and failed miserably as all the possible hiccups happened. I guess the psychologists who accompanied the team had their work cut out on assessing "leadership in difficult conditions"...
Next step was to try again to see the highest mountain in Europe, the Mont Blanc. There again, no chance with the clouds... No chance with the walking path either. We wanted to walk all the way down, but could not find the right path and ended up walking back to the cable-car to take us back down in the valley.
But, not everything was lost, since we got to see these magnificent bouquetins, our very own mountain antelope. It was a great sight, and a first for me! Would you believe it - i had seen all the antelopes in Africa, but not our own... Sometimes, getting lost rewards you.
In my little village, the door to the round church was open, for a change. Maybe the paintings and the statues needed some fresh air. A good opportunity to take a picture of the most special monument in the village.
Otherwise, nice to spend some time at our house. The newly painted roof, and the newly made square in front of the house, show that things improve. A particular thanks to the municipality for the new square. Next time, I will make sure to take a game of petanque with me, to make the best of the smooth surface.
The one thing that strikes me when I go to the little villages in the mountains (besides the fact that the temperature is cold... especially coming from Washington), is how nice and neat houses are arranged, built and kept. In "les Diablerets", this feeling was again very much present. And even if the weather is not always at its best, there is always something to do. This time the village hosted the "mountain film festival". The funniest movie was about this French expedition team which had set itself the goal of crossing a mountain channel in Argentina in 45 days, and failed miserably as all the possible hiccups happened. I guess the psychologists who accompanied the team had their work cut out on assessing "leadership in difficult conditions"...
Next step was to try again to see the highest mountain in Europe, the Mont Blanc. There again, no chance with the clouds... No chance with the walking path either. We wanted to walk all the way down, but could not find the right path and ended up walking back to the cable-car to take us back down in the valley.
But, not everything was lost, since we got to see these magnificent bouquetins, our very own mountain antelope. It was a great sight, and a first for me! Would you believe it - i had seen all the antelopes in Africa, but not our own... Sometimes, getting lost rewards you.
In my little village, the door to the round church was open, for a change. Maybe the paintings and the statues needed some fresh air. A good opportunity to take a picture of the most special monument in the village.
Otherwise, nice to spend some time at our house. The newly painted roof, and the newly made square in front of the house, show that things improve. A particular thanks to the municipality for the new square. Next time, I will make sure to take a game of petanque with me, to make the best of the smooth surface.
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