company day off

The whole institute went for a trip today up the Rigi mountain in central Switzerland. It is right on the border between the mountain range and flat land which made the view fantastic. Here's a satellite image with Rigi circled in red:



the mountains:


and the flat land:





It was a pretty exhausing 1 hour hike up the mountain (450 meters = 1500 feet up, to be exact) and I know I was sore for a few days afterwards. We had a nice lunch at the restaurant on the very top of the mountain. Then we walked down down a different way than we went up and got our feet wet at the lake:

They treated us to a very nice dinner at a restaurant right on the water. No pictures of the view for now. Quote of the day... Apres les vin blanc, il y a toujours des vin rouge. (french, 'After white wine there is always red wine'). All of the glasses were a little hard to navigate

We got home around 11:30pm (after a very early start at 7am). Everyone was exhausted but some friends still stayed up with me until midnight to celebrate my birthday :)