Switzerland - Day #2

Day #2 in Switzerland began with beautiful blue skies, so we seized the opportunity to head to the Swiss Alps to check out the mountains and views they provide. Our goal was the Schilthorn which stands at 10,000 feet and is the home of a rotating restaurant that affords 360 degree views of breathtaking mountains and was used in one of the first 007 films a couple of decades ago. The trip to the top consisted of taking no less than 4 gondolas similar to the one below up about 2 or 3 thousand feet at a time.



I was so amazed by the beauty that I had to call Kelly to tell her about it (not caring that it was 3am her time).

Moritz, Chris and I were lucky enough to have enjoyed the views before sitting down to eat, because as we did, a number of clouds rolled in and the mountains across the valleys disappeared in no time.


As if visiting the Swiss Alps wasn't enough for one day, Moritz was also able to secure us some tickets to see his home football team, the Young Boys.


The YBs were down the entire match until the last 15 minutes, when they scored 3 points to win it. Although extremely cold, the crowd, in all its drunken glory, was enough to keep the stadium warm. The best part was their favorite cheer, which we were able to catch part of on video while we were on the bus after the game.

The cheer went like this:

"We love you, we love you, we love you,
and where you go we'll follow, we'll follow, we'll follow
cause we support the Young Boys, the Young Boys, the Young Boys,
Now that's the way we like it, we like it, we like it
whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh"