Appenzell

For a change of scenery Appenzell was the place to go. We had day passes for the rail system, so we had to take advantage of this and go somewhere new. Seemingly one of the more traditional regions of Switzerland, Appenzell was picture perfect with cows and various livestock and the mountainous terrain. We took the cable lift up the Ebenalp to catch the view, sadly we were delivered directly into blanket of fog but we had an exciting time regardless, trekking the mountain side.



A small cabin built directly into the mountain side!



Next two pictures: Wildkirchli, small church for crazy mountain recluses.







A small inn what we should probably think about staying at the next time:



Back on the ground level I had to rinse off Roo in the river because she was covered in sheep poo. Afterwards we took the train back to Appenzell.




Some street views of Appenzell!



Of course we had to take a break and drink some Appenzell bier.






Rick Steves said we should check out the Barefoot path. It took us through the green farmland, barefoot of course!





The idea was therapy through exposing your feet to different textures. We walked through grass, woodchips, pinecones, really sharp rocks, pavement, and mud.



And after this Roo was once again dirty and fortunately there was a foot washing station at the end. It was covered in these really big slugs that are common everywhere in Switzerland. nasty.





Waiting for the train back home!!

Appenzell videos.

Montreax

We went to Montreax while the jazz festival was going on. I attended a John Scofield workshop that I was really excited about but turned out to be kind of a bummer. Not much else to say than that. I didn't bother going to any of the main shows, since tickets were through the roof expensive and anybody I would have like to seen was paired with someone I wouldn't. Shelly and I had a fun day just hanging out in the nice weather by the lake, and chowing down on some festival food. I took some cool pics of the lake: