異域文化 雪域之行 瑞士 08

There is no choice, he is a benevolent dictator in a magical kitchen.

Tonight it’s spaghetti, tomorrow it’s chicken.

After dinner maybe you’ll join some of the villagers for amateur yodeling over a glass of Swiss wine.

I'm right!

Or at other times it’s informal party around the accordion of Christine Van Alman, Gimmerwald’s cabinet maker.

Whatever you get, it’s not a phony show for the tourists.

When I’m in Gimmerwald and I wake up to a clear morning, I try to catch the early gondola to the top of the Schilthorn, the ten thousand foot peak above the village. The early ride is discounted enough to pay for my breakfast in the revolving restaurant on top. I fill myself with food and the ever-changing view as I slowly make that 360-degree circuit.

Hang out on a ridge for a while. Then I usually ride the gondola down to the next station to avoid the steepest part of the climb, then take the more leisurely hike from there down to Murren. The trails are well marked. We are at Birg here, and this sign says it’s 26 hundred and some meters above sea level. Meters I figure about the same as yards. A little while ago, we were at the Schilthorn. If I had to walk there, it would take me an hour and 40 minutes to hike up there. And we are going down to Murren which is 2 hours and 40 minutes away. Well, it says difficult hike, red and white. I’m gonna look along down here, and you see, the easy hike to Murren which is 2 hours and 30 minutes down. If we want to continue all the way to our hotel, we go to Gimmerwald, 2 hours and 50 minutes. Now I’m making some educated guesses here. No body told me, but I figure min is the abbreviation for the German word minute, and the, std I would bet it’s hours, I suppose it could be gallons, but we will go with hours.

words to memorize:

1/yodel:瑞士高低聲混唱

2/accordion:手風琴