Having double Birthdays ...

... is something I was used to since my childhood. No, it was not because my parents wanted to buy me so many toys! ... but simply because The Big Day fell always in the middle of the summer holidays, so I had to organize my party with the other kids, schoolmates & friends while Everyone was still around. Then, of course, when the real one came, we celebrated it again with my family. As a child, I always hated this double Happy Birthdays and wanted to have a 'normal' one like everyone else, on the REAL day.

But as I get older, things change... no more two-months-summer holidays, but living away from our families, which now not only doubles, but more like triples the number of celebrations. And guess what, I don't mind having two or three B-Days any more - probably a sign of getting older every year... (hopefully not three times faster though)


This year, we started with my first birthday cake back in June at my Mom's place with my family,

and continued drinking & eating when our parents came to Zurich...

In the end, on my real B-day after our full-day-hiking to Trift, both of us (pardon, all three of us including Gulliver) were too tired for my present & drinking, so we postponed the celabration for the coming day.

From Csaladi Esemenyek- Szuletesnapok

... and still, I don't feel like being older ;-))

Hiking to Trift glacier & suspension bridge

On Saturday we woke up on a sunny morning and headed off for the hiking tour to Trift glacier and suspension bridge in the middle of the Bernese Oberland, which we have been planning for a long time. When we arrived at the station of the little cable car to take us part way up the mountain, we found out that there was a waiting time of 2 hours for the cable car; thus we decided to take the hard way with an extra 4-hour-hiking. It was a slight reward for our efforts that along the trail there were plenty of blueberry bushes, which we of course left 'less blue' behind...

On the occasion of his Big Hiking adventure, Gulliver took his brand new Shirt to celebrate the Swiss National day with (too bad he miscalculated by 1 day):

From Trift

The alpine hike from the top of the cable car up to the bridge took about an hour and half with some stops to admire the gorgeous view of the mountains of the Grimselwelt around.  Finally, we arrived at the recently constructed bridge (in 2009) and its spectacular views. The bridge is 170 meters in length and is suspended over a 100 meter deep canyon, the longest of its type in Europe.

From Trift

The view of the Trift glacier & lake from the bridge appeared calm and wonderful, it was one of the most scenic views we have ever seen in Switzerland.

From Trift

After a short lunch break we headed back, choosing an alternative way, which was indicated as being a 20-minute-'family trail' ... well, it must have been measured with very fit kids, as it took us about double the time and quite an exhausting hike & rock climbing until we reached the Windegg Hut at 1887m. Having some rest here, we continued our way downhill... several 'blueberry stops' along the way, then we finally arrived back to our car at 9:30pm.

It was definitely an amazing, but very exhausting day for all of us. The most tiring Birthday I can remember having :-)) I was even too tired to open my present, so we left the celebration for the following day (blog entry will be posted soon)

Our entire album on this trip may be visited here:

Trift

Swiss Chocolate Fondue

It's an absolutely must to try in Switzerland! We thrilled Zoli's parents with a delicious one, which we prepared using our secret recipe: fresh fruits dipped into dark chocolate and pieces of nuts on top. (That's it for our secret now!) Even the pictures look so yameee that we can't resist not posting on our blog...

From Various Zurich (Home)

For all our friends visiting us: Shoggi Fondue may be served 'on demand' at Gyenge's B&B :-))

From Various Zurich (Home)