The Swiss Alps!

Hi Friends and Family!
This is Sibylla posting on behalf of Mum and Dad...

We spoke to Mum and Dad yesterday and they are off to a great start. They have had extremes of lovely walking and some challenging times as you would expect. When we spoke they were sitting on the side of a Swiss mountain enjoying a sandwich and an apple, looking down over a vineyard, their destination in sight down in the valley about 2 hours walk away.

The start of the walk was anticipated to be very challenging as there was a lot of steep mountain climbing which you would hope to not have to tackle straight away. Some days they faced endless climbs up and up with no end in sight and were hampered by rain making the climbing even more difficult however Mum said they were really pleased with themselves as they managed better than expected!

The scenery has been amazing of course, the Swiss housewives would put  us to shame, apparently my geraniums are not up to scratch! On a couple of nights they walked into tiny villages and found there was nowhere to stay and so had to make their way to the next village. 

The iPhone has proved problematic as the backlight has failed making texting difficult and worse still they can't watch their library of movies! They do however have a local sim card now so can be contacted on 0041767974924
(or it could be +41767974924, if anyone knows then please post!)
Internet access is not readily available so if you would have time to send a text I'm sure it would be fantastic to hear news from home!

Please post your comments for Mum and Dad and I'll pass everything on via phone calls and texts!