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Top of the World

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 It has been a busy and wonderful day. We did our best to fit everything in and we did a pretty good job of it. We started the day with a cable car ride, actually 3 cable car rides, to the top of a mountain. This is where they filmed the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The only impressive thing about the movie was the setting which was amazing. Again, the pictures don't do it justice. When we arrived there was quite a bit of cloud cover, meaning we were above the clouds that were covering a lot of the mountains, The clouds gradually cleared, mostly, and the view was spectacular. We had coffee, and Jack had a glass of champagne, in the restaurant on the top of the site. The restaurant gradually turned 360 degrees to allow for a very impressive view. We felt like we were on the top of the world.   We descended 2 cable car rides to an adorable, little village where we had fondue for lunch. Yes, we know we are being typical tourists. From lunch we went back ...