One of the many highlights of our trip, was staying with a Swiss Farm Family. Curlie and Sarah Zippert-Elkerkin were our hosts. This was a beautiful setting in the Alps. When we arrived, it was still overcast and drizzling.
This was truly a working farm. Curli was a farmer during the summer and a ski instructor in the winter months. Sarah was the keeper of the B&B. They have 3 children.
The house has been in Curli's family several generations. A carving above a door had carved the date 1648. We slept in the old part of the house.
This is a newer barn on the farm.
The first day we were there, the Zipperts were bringing the cows from the Alps meadows across the valley. Cows would then be moved to the higher Alps meadows.
Zipperts are bringing the cows to their barn.
Breakfast was a real treat! It was a typical Swiss breakfast - yogurt and fruit, bread, meat, cheese, muesli, granola, juice, and coffee.
As we looked out our bedroom windows, these are some of the scenes that we saw.
Alpine wild flowers were plentiful and beautiful.
The Zipperts youngest son, age 7, was already an accomplished skier. He began skiing at age 2.
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