Schlitteln auf dem Gurten

Today started out cold but quickly turned fabulous. N and I purchased a sled while downtown yesterday. Just a cheapie cheapie sled. And oddly enough, there was another sled stuck to it so we got two for the price of one! Here we are before we set out on our first schlitteln adventure. I was a little worried he'd be cold but he was a real trooper. It was quite a lot of fun. The #9 tram that runs right in front of our apartment drops us off right at the base of the Gurten. From there it's a "funicular" to the top and from then on it's schlitteln schlitteln schlitteln!

So the day consisted of a nice warm breakfast of eggs, bacon and Zopf, cookie baking, a fair amount of Eurosport World Cup winter sports - giant slalom, biathlon and alpine (go Fraenzi Aufdenblatten!). All day long. They're playing the reruns now of the biathlon. I have a feeling they will play the Olympics on the Bundesplatz with all the Swiss talent. Oh, and schlitteln.

So. Back to schlitteln. Loads of people out. Nice huge hill for the kids to practice skiing, or snow boarding even. But the majority of the kids were on sleds. N had never done it before and had an absolute blast. It's nice to know it's only 20 minutes from our front door and we're sleddin'.

Afterwards we went in and enjoyed a hot cocoa and some cookies.