Yamuna comes over for a weekend getaway & I get to play the local tourist guide yet again. I had quite enjoyed pointing out the many touristy & off the beaten track "Bucket List" items to all our guests in San Diego and i must say was looking forward to doing so again in my new home town..

Talks, Coffee, Cookies, Sunshine, Blue Skies make for a lazy morning. The upcoming elections in the US and the campaign drama provide enough fodder for us to chew on. The tourist guide in me wants to make a plan, so we can show her as much around as possible, but then.. i let go of my agenda and just relax. As the morning rolls into afternoon, we decide to drive to serene Seelisberg. I point out the names of the various peaks on the way up. We find ourselves an outdoor table @ our favourite Restaurant "Bahnhöfli Seelisberg" to continue the conversations over some yummy Fall-special-dishes. A visit to Seelisberg is incomplete without a visit to the Maharishi's and a walk along their garden overlooking the Lake. Evening finds us sitting by the lake, watching the ducks & the swans silently glide away into the orange waters..

Next morning, we take the cable car up to Klewenalp. We're greeted by a buzz of activity at the Summit -- marmots playing hide and seek, Kids running around on the greens, goats and cows grazing peacefully. We pause to watch the paragliders leap off the cliff and soar through the air over the pristine sapphire lake. A pause for coffee and cheese pie is always a good idea even if you've just begun the walk..  We continue our walk around the circumference of the peak, along the Alpenblumenweg (Alpine Flower Trail). The trail, which is a glorious spectacle of color in the spring and early summer with ~120 naturally occurring alpine flowers, was mostly dried and dull by now but the pastures are still green. The scenery changes continuously from total peace with the expansive natural view to the clanging of the bells as the cows grazed on the hillside. Since my leg hasn't completely healed, instead of hiking further to Stockhütte, we take it easy. Yamuna enjoys the last views of the lake and the surrounding hills on the cable-car ride down to Beckenried.

After dropping her off, we stop by the Gelato store in Stans to enjoy one last artisan treat for the Summer...