Picturesque, Peaceful Switzerland: Third stop Verbier

Our third and last stop in Switzerland was with Sonya and Mike in Le Chable, which is situated just below a well known ski resort called Verbier.  Sonya is a surf lifesaving friend (much to Mike's delight) who I worked with for a season in Meribel, where we had very many good and crazy times.  It was great to spin a whole lot of stories about old Meribel times with Sonya again.

We had a lovely time in Verbier.  Yet again the place was stunningly beautiful, and yet again our hosts exceeded any expectations of hostliness we would have dreamed having!  Sonya rents out the top half of her house, and it is incredible - wooden and very cosy.  Luckily we came at the right time of year and it was empty, yahoo a house to ourselves for a few days (complete with it's original stone wall, see bedroom shot) - thank you Sonya!

We had two days to enjoy this place (we tried to change our train for more but to no avail).  The first day Snowdon had an inside 'cave day' whilst I enjoyed a refreshing walk, and wondered around the pretty village with Sonya and helped her in her community garden (I tied up the neighbours beans and planted some flowers along the fence) - fun!

On the way I fell in love with the wild-flowers.

Again we also had lots of time to relax and Snowdon and I had some good laughs watching 'Flight of the Conchords', one morning with a romantic brekki..

The second day Sonya took us on a walk up to Verbier.  I felt like Heidi...  And then a gorgeous bike ride down.  See Snowdon's blog for the video (http://snowpuravida.blogspot.com/)!

One of the last places left with fresh natural springs?

During our time we had several nice dinners with friends of Sonya and Mike's, and then one flash lunch up the mountain (Snowdon pictured with his yummy dish of snails).

All Sonya's friends seem to have skill in renovating houses.  We we're impressed and gathered up a few ideas for the future.

It was lovely to see you again Sonya, and to meet you Mike.  Thank you for your incredible hospitality. We hope to see you again soon!