-we woke up around 9 am and showered and got ready for the day
- we went downstairs and had tea and toast with fresh bread and jam
- we sat out on the porch for a while
- Tom dropped the three of us off in town so that we could walk around for a while because the town is very cute
- we went to a little museum with lots of little historical nick knacks
- we walked up the steep hills of Leysin and enjoyed the lovely city
- we decided to head back to Toms and ended up getting a bit lost
- we called Hannah and it turns out we just went up a street too far so we easily were back on the right track
-Alicia took a picture of a cute little cow statue she though her mom would like:)
-we got to Toms and Prue was making tasty smoked salmon sandwiches for us!
-we ate them on the back porch
- Mac, Al, and Tan forgot to bring good walking shoes so toms family pulled out a bunch and we all found a pair that would work for our hike
-we hiked a short distance to a gondola and took that up to the top if the mountain!
- from there we began hiking down the beautiful and very steep mountainside.
- we stopped at a spot that was so foggy it looked like if you kept walking you would just fall off the edge of the earth
- we walked to this little mountain restaurant and looked at some chickens and ate some chocolate and trail mix
- we kept on hiking through the lovely scene, it was a bit foggy, but you still had a very good view of the mountains
- we hiked and saw a little mountain shop that sold cheese and honey and stuff like that
- we saw a man making cheese through the window
-we went around back an Tom opened the door and we watched the man make cheese... Not sure we were supposed to be there lol
- Tom bought us some of the same cheese he was making alone with some honey and it was delicious!
- as we finished the hike we passed many many cows!
- we saw a baby cow nursing and it was cute but also kind of gross
- toward the end of the hike it was an extremely steep downhill and Alicia's toes were starting to feel it
-we got back to the house and Skyped Mr. Starkey, and Alicia face timed her dad and Maggie her mom
- in a little while Tom drive us around in his car and told us about the good old days when he and mr. Starkey worked at a summer camp in Leysin
- we took lots of pictures of beautiful things to make poor Mr. Starkey jealous
-Tom enjoyed it very very much
- we went up to a spot where Tom and Chip (Mr. Starkey) slept in a pasture with a bunch Of cows and were awoken by cows nudging and surrounding them! Haha!
-we went back to the house and had a wonderful dinner of raclette and wine waiting for us!! Mmmmmm! no way to describe how tasty it was! But basically you melt your own cheese and put it over potatoes with various seasonings in them like pickles, onions, and pepper!
-Alicia showed the family we skydiving video
-after that incredible dinner we went upstairs and watched "very bad trip" which is actually "The Hangover" haha!
-Hannah and Sophie made us a plate of fruit and then we had ice cream!!
- it was a very nice, fun relaxing way to end such a great day!
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