Grosser-Mythen

Monday, June 1.
We were all up by 8am. Breakfast was fresh pastries and croissants from the baker up the road. Jander's group was leaving on the 8:54am bus, so they could catch their train from Zurich to Paris to Amsterdam. So we all said a final goodbye. Deb and Brian's house felt quite emp[ty with just us three girls. We helped clean up after breakfast and then began packing for our hike up a mountain! We drove up to a parking lot and then Brian hiked with Deb and us girls the first part of the trail to the "clubhouse" at the bottom of the mountain, and drank coffee while the girls and lattes/hot chocolates-then kissed Deb goodbye, hiking home, while we went up the mountain! Hiking the Grosser-Mythen with DEb was breath-taking! It was a killer of a hike, a work out, but one with the best views :) We made it to the top where we rested and Deb bought us Snickers. I hiked a Swiss Alp! There's no better way than to celebrate with chocolate! The hike was steep and rocky, especially with my KEEN open-toed sandeals-but so worth it. I had several strangers comment on my sandals...especially since I was the only one seen hiking in such open shoes all day! But they worked really well (a great buy mom!). We got back home and and ate a late lunch of left-over sausage and BBQ chicken. Brian and Deb brough us into Zurich in the late afternoon, saying goodbye to us, and leaving us to walk around old town Zurich again. Our Eurail passes got us on a great 1 1/2 our ferry ride around Lake Zurich....great way to end the long day.