Wengen, Switzerland

We spent two nights in Wengen, Switzerland which is located in the Swiss Alps. We arrived on Friday afternoon and the plan was to "hike in the alps" on Saturday. But Kathy tweaked her back Saturday morning so we ended up having a rest day instead. The best news was that the views from our room and balcony were spectacular.

One interesting side note - since we stayed in the

room for the day we turned on the TV. There was a soap opera on. The dialogue was in German but the background music was American with songs sung in English. We asked the hotel staff about this and she said that the younger Swiss generation thinks it's more "cool" to speak English and are giving up some of the Swiss traditions. She found this very disappointing.

Dinner and breakfast were included with our room rate so we were able to sample the traditional local cuisine. Here are the dinner menus (there were no english versions):

Freitagsmenu

(Friday's Menu)

17. September 2010

Zitronengrassuppe

(some kind of vegetable-based soup - tasted good)

Tomatensalat mit Zwiebeln and Schnittlauch

(salad...so far so good)

Sautiertes Fisch-Potpourri auf einem Gemusebeet

an einer leichten Krautersauce dazu Limettennudeln

(Fish sampler...Kathy even tried the trout which tasted much less fishy than the salmon...wasn't about to try the oyster.)

Apfel im Schlafrock mit lauwarmer Vanillesauce

(Apple something or other in a vanilla sauce...tasty!)

Samstagmenu

(Saturday's Menu)

18. September 2010

Gemusebouillon mit kalbleberklosschen

(Have no idea what this was)

Mit Sauerrahn and Zwiebeln gefullte Tortillas mit Tomatensauce und Kase Uberbacken

und Blattsalaten serviert

(Who knew unrolled cheese enchiladas with salad were a traditional Swiss food? These were GREAT!...by far this was Kathy's favorite food in Switzerland)

Gemspfeffer

Wurzig mariniertes Gemsragout, serviert mit

Butterspatzli glasierten Maroni, gefulltem Apfel,

Rotkraut, Rosenkohl, Brotcroutons, Specksteifen,

Champignons und Silberzwiebeln.

(When Ron asked the waitess what this was she pointed to the head on the wall for a visual clue. It was local mountain goat in some kind of sauce. We just kept reminding ourselves that it probably lived a better life than most of the farm animals raised in the USA. Still...it wasn't a real hit with either of us.)

Kleiner Sorbetteller mit Fruchten

(assorted fruit sorbet)