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I love thos kind of museums. They are so fun. We have one near us, but it's not as historical. We also have another about an hour or so away that I haven't been to in years.
Maybe you should head back out there... I'm sure it would make a great trip report.
Wednesday 4 September – part three: bovine beauties!
We came out and followed the sound of bells, and here they were! Aren’t they beautiful? I felt sorry for them with the flies bothering them, but they all looked like beautiful specimens.
As well as close-up shots, I got a few what I call picture postcard shots, with cows, the grass, the mountains, and even the odd Swiss home in shot.
We eventually moved off from there, and went to visit the cheese dairy, which was still being used for that purpose today. It was quite a stench in there, I can tell you!
We moved on, and I spotted an addition in the field we hadn’t been able to see before.
We next looked at this property, a mountain farmhouse built in 1698. It had a dwelling area, cattle shed (sadly no cows here now…) and a hayloft under one roof.
The scenery and the architecture around here was just beautiful.
I found the restrooms, and I really liked the sign they had here.
We found these adorable guys. Nearly as cute as cows…
As you can see, all the piglets were lying contently asleep in the sun, when one decided to get up, and went trotting over to mum.
What happened next was classic. He ran up there to obviously get some food, and unfortunately chose the wrong area of mum to stand underneath shall we say. I’m sure you can guess what’s coming next. Mum felt the call of nature, and the two of us and another couple watching next to us just dissolved into fits of laughter.
That was it, the piglets were all awake, and went piling off to find mum, pursuing her around the yard.
Eventually, she gave in gracefully…
Sadly, there was one little guy who was limping, and he was obviously the runt of the litter.
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Awwwww!!! So stinkin cute! Those "postcard" photos are perfect. I hope you're able to enlarge one and frame it and find a great spot in your home for it!
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Such beautiful scenery and I love the way the buildings don't ruin the views. They're just nestled in and add dimension to the landscape. The cows are real beauties, and those piglets are adorable. Guess the one little guy had a lesson on how to approach mom in the future. Hope they take care of the baby with the limp.
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Awwwww!!! So stinkin cute! Those "postcard" photos are perfect. I hope you're able to enlarge one and frame it and find a great spot in your home for it!
We haven't gone that far, but quite a few of those shots did find their way into the digital scrapbook I did for this trip.
Such beautiful scenery and I love the way the buildings don't ruin the views. They're just nestled in and add dimension to the landscape. The cows are real beauties, and those piglets are adorable. Guess the one little guy had a lesson on how to approach mom in the future.
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Loved the photos as usual and such great scenery! Love the ones of your boys and the piglets! Unfortunately, one piglet made the wrong move! I guess, for this particular one, it's a growing up experience!
Any idea, what type of cows are here as they seem to be of all different varieties?
Did you have a chance to take a taste of any of the cheese here, even though it was a bit vibrant to the senses?
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I love all your pics in this update. However, the one with the cow lifting it's face to the sun, or so it appears, is great! I can almost hear the "moo". Those piglets are precious. Poor little runt. I shall call him Wilber.
Loved the photos as usual and such great scenery! Love the ones of your boys and the piglets! Unfortunately, one piglet made the wrong move! I guess, for this particular one, it's a growing up experience!
It is... and one I'm sure he'll learn from.
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Any idea, what type of cows are here as they seem to be of all different varieties?
They did have signs...
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Did you have a chance to take a taste of any of the cheese here, even though it was a bit vibrant to the senses?
I love all your pics in this update. However, the one with the cow lifting it's face to the sun, or so it appears, is great! I can almost hear the "moo". Those piglets are precious. Poor little runt. I shall call him Wilber.
Wednesday 4 September – part four: more close-up animal encounters
We moved on, and look who we found next! It might have been Mark’s birthday, but heck I was certainly hitting the jackpot today!
Then, our friends, the M18 hornet aircraft did a return fly-past…
In case you’re wondering, there’s an airfield that we believe is a military one in the valley, and it is slightly peculiar, bearing in mind the Swiss are neutral…
We wandered back, and the piglets were obviously full after their meal…
These guys came down the road…
… and we also saw these guys. Ok, there has to be a “why did the chicken cross the road?” joke somewhere in here…
I was fascinated by this tourist kiosk. There’s no way you’d see it selling these products today.
We heard my boys again, and there was obviously a lot of movement up there, so Mark asked if I wanted to go back and see them. Well, Ok then, if you insist… It was definitely worth it – look what we found:
A cow bell close-up
We got more picture postcard moments as well!
Mark spotted that in the downstairs of the cheese dairy was a massive collection of huge cow bells. The weight of these things! Wow, how on earth a cow carries one of these, I do not know.
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I'm sure it would make a great trip report. 
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Aren’t they beautiful? I felt sorry for them with the flies bothering them, but they all looked like beautiful specimens. 
Mum felt the call of nature, and the two of us and another couple watching next to us just dissolved into fits of laughter. 
What a great place! 
Unfortunately, one piglet made the wrong move! 
I guess, for this particular one, it's a growing up experience! 
we didn't.
It was definitely worth it – look what we found: 
Wow, how on earth a cow carries one of these, I do not know. 
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