Two years ago, two good friends, Nancy and Julie, walked the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain. They walked 500 miles to reach their final destination. I have envied them since for their stamina and dedication.

Two weeks ago, myself, along with Linda. Neal, and Randa, took the opportunity to go on the El Camino. Not the long, grueling walk that Nancy and Julie made. Our El Camino is a Ferris wheel in the city of Thun, in Switzerland.

I’m sure Nancy and Julie got much more from their adventure then did us. Our adventure amounted to paying too much money (tourist trap francs) to board the ride, and then go around and around and around until we realized that we were missing out on the what Thun really has to offer, including chocolate, cheese, and good beer. As we searched over the landscape from atop the ride, we saw below us many colorful umbrellas, which usually indicates places to sit and eat (chocolate and cheese) and drink (beer).

After 20 or so revolutions, we signaled to the ride operator (by pretending to puke) that we were ready to disembark. The ride was great, and the views from the car were spectacular. The ride did make us all quite hungry and thirsty. We embarked for one of the colorful umbrellas.