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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:25 PM Mar 2020

Intrepid Swiss cow navigates a stream in the Alpine mountains

Please enjoy a momentary distraction from an intrepid Swiss cow going about its business in the stunning Alpine mountains...

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Lovely scenery

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Intrepid Swiss cow navigates a stream in the Alpine mountains (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2020 OP

Forget the cow, the view is spectacular! nt procon Mar 2020 #1

Yeah... that cow has a pretty enchanted life. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #2

Once, on vacation there, we saw a scene like that DFW Mar 2020 #3

That sounds so cool! I'd love to see something like that. Coventina Mar 2020 #5

Look up the Swiss town of Lauterbrunnen DFW Mar 2020 #7

The inspiration of Rivendell!!! Coventina Mar 2020 #8

We used to go there once a year in early June DFW Mar 2020 #9

It certainly looks it. Coventina Mar 2020 #10

You were right down the road from me DFW Mar 2020 #11

Thanks! If/when I can travel to Europe again, I WILL go there!! Coventina Mar 2020 #12

I'd be happy to climb around on all fours naked if I could live there. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2020 #4

Haha! I said pretty much the same thing in my previous post! Coventina Mar 2020 #6

procon

(15,805 posts)

1. Forget the cow, the view is spectacular! nt

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:27 PM

Mar 2020

hlthe2b

(102,282 posts)

2. Yeah... that cow has a pretty enchanted life.

Reply to procon (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:33 PM

Mar 2020

Hopefully, it will be a long one.

DFW

(54,387 posts)

3. Once, on vacation there, we saw a scene like that

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:54 PM

Mar 2020

Hiking a mountain trail near Mürren, in the Berner Oberland, we happened upon a small farm right when they were letting the cows out of the barn after having being cooped up there all winter. One by one, they would trot outside, see the meadow and the sunlight, yell a loud moo and start to buck like broncos. Then they started in on some serious grazing, not having had fresh grass to munch on since the fall, when they had been herded inside for the winter. Being near Lauterbrunnen, there are waterfalls and streams everywhere.

Coventina

(27,120 posts)

5. That sounds so cool! I'd love to see something like that.

Reply to DFW (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 01:37 PM

Mar 2020

I'm jealous of cows living in the Swiss Alps.

Although, the winter cooped up with my own poop might be a bit of a drag.
(I'm sure considerate farmers muck out pretty regularly, though).

DFW

(54,387 posts)

7. Look up the Swiss town of Lauterbrunnen

Reply to Coventina (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 02:19 PM

Mar 2020

You'll see what I mean!

Coventina

(27,120 posts)

8. The inspiration of Rivendell!!!

Reply to DFW (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 02:23 PM

Mar 2020

I'm SOLD!!!

DFW

(54,387 posts)

9. We used to go there once a year in early June

Reply to Coventina (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 02:28 PM

Mar 2020

Then our girls entered school, and we couldn't fit into our schedules any more. That general area, the "Berner Oberland" is one of the most peaceful, awe-inspiring places in Europe.

Coventina

(27,120 posts)

10. It certainly looks it.

Reply to DFW (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 02:32 PM

Mar 2020

Gorgeous!

I've been to Europe, but not that area.

Closest I got was N. Germany: Aachen, Koln, & the Mosel river valley.

DFW

(54,387 posts)

11. You were right down the road from me

Reply to Coventina (Reply #10)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 04:06 PM

Mar 2020

I live about 55 KM from Köln, just north of Düsseldorf.

To get to Lauterbrunnen from here, you fly to Zürich, take a train to Interlaken (may have to change in Bern), and then the private train line to Lauterbrunnen. It only takes 20 minutes. Interlaken is already very pretty, but Lauterbrunnen is like the entrance to a different planet. Those photos are not enhanced--it really looks like that! We stayed in the village of Mürren, where no motor vehicles are allowed.