Sweet sweet $witzerland

Moving on - we spent a weekend in Grindelwald, Switzerland, a charming, yet insanely expensive, mountain town. Seriously. One night for dinner, I had about 2 tablespoons each of 3 variations of congealed shit salad, 4 chicken "nuggets," and a hockey puck roll, and it was 15 bucks. We ended up eating a lot of chocolate and whatever free stuff we could get at the hostel. The high prices apparently did not phase the tons of Japanese tourists there - in brand-spanking new, full-on traditional Alpine hiking gear. Some with the tags still attached.

This picture makes me want to yodel and eat chocolate.

Notice here that the hills are indeed alive:

Speaking of, let's head to Salzburg and "The Sound of Music" Tour! I'm telling you, these people love their Mozart and they LOVE their VonTrapps. Damn. There were several tours to choose from, but, of course, we chose the one that played the soundtrack ON ELEVEN on the bus the whole time. Behold, Casa de VonTrapp:

That's it, y'all. The real deal. As is this:

Good ahead and sing. You know you want to. We all did. Above the broken-English screeching of the tour guide and the crackling of the blown speakers on the bus. By God, we sang. Especially these two little South African cherubs:

Too bad the Japanese guys they were singing to seemed more frightened than charmed by their performance.