Schwiz '08

More snow, more mountains, more hot chocolate. My chance to improve my skiing skills and my chance to have a nice crash with one of my best friends^^ (nothing severe happened)

Again, it's been a while since we drove there (a very long trip!), so I'm afraid I can't write a lot about it because I don't remember that much. 

I went with my dad, a very good friend and her dad to the lovely town Mürren. 

the mountains Jungrau (virgin), Mönch (monk) and Eiger (from right to left)

I looked up the deeper meaning of the names of the mountains out of curiosity (because seriously, why would you call a mountain ‘virgin’?)
Lets start on the left. It's the ‘Eiger’. Derived from the Middle High German word ‘Hej-Gêr’ it translates to ‘high peak’.
The name of the mountain in the middle doesn't actually refer to the monks but to horses, geldings which grazed at the foot of the mountain in summer. These geldings were called ‘Münche’, thus, the mountain was called ‘Münchberg’ and later abbreviated to ‘Münch’ or ‘Mönch’.
The ‘Jungfrau’ was probably named by the nuns of Interlaken after the ‘Wengernalp’ at the foot of the mountain and the alp was called ‘Jungfrauenberg’ (virgin mountain).

This, my dears, is Piz Gloria. You may know it if you're a James Bond fan. You can see this amazing restaurant in the film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". The really amazing characteristic of the restaurant is: *drum roll* it rotates. Not too fast (so you won't get dizzy) but nice and slow and it provides a 360˚ view without leaving the table whilst enjoying a James Bond Breakfast. Dig in!

And more mountains

And that was all from me for now,

au revoir, little biscuits *sprinkle of snowflakes*