Two words: barley soup. When I think of the stories Ben told me about Latsch, the tiny village up the mountain from Bergun, barley soup comes to mind. According to Ben and his family, there is a little, old lady with a tiny cafe in the back of her house who serves the best barley soup in the world. You wouldn't even know it was a cafe unless you had been there before. The other unique detail about Latsch is that the original Heidi was filmed there. The closing scene with the grandfather in the church takes place in Latsch's little chapel. I was very excited to experience these two things.
We set out for Latsch on one of the days it was too snowy to sled. Ben was not kidding when he described the hike up to Latsch as basically straight up. It felt great to breath in the fresh Alpine air while making our way to Heidiland.
This wooden post just shows how much snow piled up in the few days since we had arrived!
The creek almost completely covered in a fresh blanket of snow
The path on the right is our trail, here we go!
Made it!
Relative to the rest of the town, this was a brand new fountain (c. 1991)
We loved how there were barns built on to the back of all the houses
Ben's sister, Bethany, and our brother-in-law, Jason, in front of one of the unique doors in Latsch
Weary hikers ready for some hot, delicious soup
Success. Thanks, Art!
This one's for you, Mom
After exploring for a while, Ben and I decided to continue on to a place called God.
Since there wasn't much to do in God, we had a contest
Ben clearly won (although one could argue who took the picture at the right moment...)
So thankful to have laid my eyes on this
Next Installment: Bergun wrap-up
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