Post catch up time....Engelberg August, 2010

We had a friend visiting from the US so we took him to Engleberg, a quaint village high in the mountain.  Of course the weather felt more like November than August but we had a good time anyway.  Noah was our tour guide for the day as his third grade class had spent the week in Engleberg last spring.  He happily showed us the sights including the youth hostel where he had stayed.   Engelberg means mountain of Angels in German and there were angel statues throughout the town.  It is in the valley of Central Swizerland's highest mountain, Mt. Titlis.  Given that even the valley was rainy and cloudy and visibility was worse at the top we opted not to ride the gondola to the top.

 One of the angel statues.

 Family photo, note Thomas in t-shirt and shorts (on principal- it is August) and me in my coat/fleece/long pants!

 Noah's youth hostel.

Some of the lower peaks....