August 1 is the Swiss national holiday – cause for much celebration in Switzerland. I was lucky to get to spend this special day with the Swiss together. We ended up going to a little mountain (Selibüel) near the larger mountains of the Gurnigel (perfect view of Thun, the lake of Thun, and the Alps of the Berner Oberland), where we stayed until the sun had set, and from which we had the grand view to watch all the bonfires and fireworks that were fired up all over the country

Gurnigel

Lake Thun with the peaks of Jungfrau and Eiger (if I’m not mistaken) in the background …