Charmey

There was a festival in Charmey (about 30 minutes from us) the last weekend in September to celebrate the cows descending from the mountains. While we were on our way, we ran into one of these processions. The cows were so close to our car that we could have reached out and touched them!

Once we got there, we saw more decorated cows and even some sheep and some goats. We also poked around the little markets there and bought some delicious dried fruit and fresh, home-made caramel. The whole time, we could hear local music -some even included alphorns.
After the festival, Tom and Dave went on a hike. It had just snowed in the mountains earlier that week, so they saw snow at the top of their hike! It was a fun day and we felt like we experience some Swiss culture.