Interlaken, Switzerland

After just a few days back in Paris where it was rainy and cold, we took an impromptu driving trip to Interlaken, Switzerland. This was the first place in Europe I visited at age 10 and I was very excited to share it with my family.

Scott and I enjoyed the scenery while watching the paragliders descend from the mountains.

I have a new appreciation for my mom who planned our trip through Europe before there was Google and the internet. She kept telling me to take the boys to the "train museum."
I did remember what she was talking about and searched it out. It's not actually a train museum but a model train room at a park at the top of a funicular.

I remembered the human size hamster wheel and the giant seesaw. A new addition was a couple of zip lines and an alpine coaster to the bottom.

After the park, we traveled to a mountain resort to experience my favorite Swiss memory, Alpine slides. The summer aspects of the resorts have been built up a lot since I was a kid. Kenyon's favorite was the Flyline (a scenic zip line with controlled speed) and a bounce house.

Quinn absolutely fell in love with the Alpine slide. The attendant started giving him free rides as we bought so many tickets and it was close to closing time.

We ended our first night with a great fondue dinner.

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