Pauline
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On Saturday September 6, the Dairy Cow Parade takes place in St. Stephen, a village in the Bernese Oberland near Lenk. The farmers from the alpine farms decorate their cows with flowers and ribbons and bring them down from the high meadows to the valley. There will be alphorn and yodeling, plus local music groups and food booths.
We are staying nearby in Lenk and will be going to this event. On our walks we have often encountered the cows summering in the Alpine meadows. There is a similar thing where we live, when the cows are released onto Minchinhampton Commons in the spring and taken in again in the fall, but we have never bothered going to it - maybe if they promised yodeling and decorated the cows.
This event is called "Alpabfahrt St. Stephan" in German, which makes me remember how much fun we have with the German language when we are in Switzerland.
I used this photo from 2002 on SlowTrav and it was the most "stolen" of all my photos. Cows in the alpine meadows above Engstlenalp.
We are staying nearby in Lenk and will be going to this event. On our walks we have often encountered the cows summering in the Alpine meadows. There is a similar thing where we live, when the cows are released onto Minchinhampton Commons in the spring and taken in again in the fall, but we have never bothered going to it - maybe if they promised yodeling and decorated the cows.
This event is called "Alpabfahrt St. Stephan" in German, which makes me remember how much fun we have with the German language when we are in Switzerland.
I used this photo from 2002 on SlowTrav and it was the most "stolen" of all my photos. Cows in the alpine meadows above Engstlenalp.
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