Back Home in VA - Some Final Thoughts

10 Best Things About the Trip (or maybe 13 - apparently it's mostly about the food)

13. Smooth on-time flights & no lost bags
12. Small Alpine hotels, innkeepers & staff
11. Eating like a hog & not gaining weight
10. Hiking every day - much more fun than Nordic Tracking
9. Salad bars
8. Breakfast buffets - especially Birchermuesli, fresh bread, & soft/hard boiled eggs - but not raw eggs
7. Chocolate
6. Swiss cuisine, especially raclette, rosti, & kaseschnitte
5. "Light" hikes with the Ladies
4. Snacks & lunches @ mountain huttes - except chicken noodle soup
3. Swiss trains, boats, buses, funiculars, cog railways, cable cars, chair lifts, etc.
2. Alpine vistas & wild flower meadows
1. The guides & fellow hikers of the "Three Cultures Tour"


10 Best Things About Being Home Again

13. Not living out of a backpack & duffel bag
12. Driving
11. Air Conditioning
10. Everything in English
9. Smoke-free air
8. Seeing the Valley turned green again
7. My favorite pillow
6. Not having to slather on sun screen every morning
5. Soft tissues & toilet paper
4. Washer & dryer
3. Prices
2. Pictures & memories
1. Together with Jude again