Tallest Tallest Mountain

Nora and I have a list of things we want to do while we're in Switzerland this time. Well ok, it's more like my list and I'm dragging her along. My train pass is good for all zones touching Zurich, or something like that. There is a special train that goes up to Uetliberg and we took it to the top of the mountain last time we were here. There is a great view of the city from there, but of course all we were interested in was the playground directly outside of where the train drops you off. Nora has been playing Nora the Explorer lately and we dubbed this the Tallest tallest mountain. I'm pretty sure it consisted of three steps to get there. Bike, train, mountain! Say it with me. Better yet, don't.

Half way up the mountain, a daycare got on the train and sat down right next to us. I was lugging Nora's bike, a backpack full of sand toys (later I found out there is no sand box at this playground), my purse, and a lunch bag of snacks. The daycare had 3 adults 9-12 kids and ONE backpack for all of them. I asked Nora if she'd like to spend the rest of the day with the daycare. She nodded emphatically Yes! When we got to the top, these 2-4 year olds took off in a different direction from the playground. I think they may have gone on a hike. They were tough kids.

The playground has these swings that cost 1 Swiss Franc to ride. I told Nora she could have one ride and only if there were other kids who wanted to ride too. The red swing was her favorite and she did end up getting to ride once before we left. The rest of the playground had regular old equipment that didn't cost money.

This is the slide that I was most interested in checking out. See that green thing? It's like a lunch tray that you sit on and then slide down as these rollers turn. I wasn't sure if you had to rent the green tray or bring your own or what. I watched another family and then when we headed down to the slide, we found two green trays just sitting there. Don't you think if this slide was in the states, the trays would frequently be stolen?

Nora tried it once and I tried it three times. It was a lot of fun and kinda reminded me of a toboggan run. WHEEEEEEE!